In El Salvador's capital, San Salvador, people drive around with their car windows closed to avoid petty theft. But when they enter neighborhoods controlled by gangs, they keep their car windows open, ...

Representatives of the Catholic Church have opened dialogue with gang leaders in El Salvador, which could point to a wider swath of Church leaders willing to support talks than during the previous ...

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — The Roman Catholic Church called on the president of El Salvador Sunday not to lift the country’s ban on gold mining. Archbishop José Luis Escobar Alas asked President ...

Deciding whether to make a deal with the devil is always a dilemma born of desperation, and it seems to be the grim choice facing the Central American nation of El Salvador and its Catholic leadership ...

El Salvador's Jan. 22 beatifications of two priests and two lay companions highlight our Salvadoran church's example as a martyrial church. Jesuit Fr. Rutilio Grande, Franciscan Fr. Cosme Spessotto, ...

Priests in El Salvador are reportedly being targeted by extortion rackets, revealing that gangs are diversifying one of their top sources of income to include civil society as well as the private ...

A woman fled El Salvador in fear of violence, just months before a deadly series of earthquakes destroyed many Salvadorans’ lives and homes. She settled in Maryland with her husband’s family and ...

SAN SALVADOR — When the earth beneath El Salvador snapped like a whip last weekend, entire neighborhoods disappeared, schools and town halls crumbled, and thousands of businesses collapsed. But no ...

In El Salvador's capital San Salvador, people drive around with their car windows closed to avoid petty theft. But when they enter neighborhoods controlled by gangs, they keep their car windows open, ...

"Our message is that [the gang members] should understand there is a life outside of the gang," says evangelical pastor Nelson Moz. "That they can... For Some Gang Members In El Salvador, The ...