ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 7, 2025 / 15:36 pm

On Aug. 6, the day El Salvador celebrates the solemnity of the Divine Savior (Salvador) of the World and this year the 500th anniversary of the founding of the city of San Salvador, the Catholic Church strongly criticized a recent constitutional reform that allows current President Nayib Bukele and his successors unlimited presidential terms.

The archbishop of San Salvador, José Luis Escobar Alas, celebrated Mass in the cathedral of the country’s capital. The bishops of the Salvadoran Bishops’ Conference concelebrated, with priests, nuns, and laypeople from all of El Salvador’s dioceses in attendance.

In his homily , Escobar addressed a message directly to the Salvadoran legislators, urging them to “reconsider the constitutional reforms recentl

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