Can a Catholic Support “Absolute Savagery”?
El Salvador’s president has used “absolute savagery” to successfully crush that country’s gangs. Is it worth the cost?
The Practical Power of Personal Piety
Every summer I take a group of high school students on a mission trip to El Salvador. Our hosts there come from the landowning class, and over lunch a woman I’ll call Rosa told me about her husband’s family. “They are very wealthy landowners,” she said. “They own a lot of land and run … Read more
Leftist Electoral Coup Looms in El Salvador
Nearly two decades have passed since El Salvador’s civil war ended, but the 1980 assassination of a Roman Catholic archbishop may prove highly influential when voters elect a new president next spring. For many Salvadorans over 30, the disappearance of loved ones and the chatter of machine guns remain far more real than the 1992 … Read more