Peru’s Catholic bishops have called for an end to the violence that has left more than 50 people dead in anti-government protests since early December—a plea echoed by Pope ... “As church ...

This is a time of change for Latino Catholics, currently about 40 percent of the U.S. Church, and who experts say are likely ...

Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of an influential Peruvian bishop, who has come under criticism for not doing enough to stop abuses committed by a conservative Catholic movement that was ...

Father Robert Prevost’s early years in Peru shaped his ministry and vision for the church—but few know the brutal reality he ...

Catholic Church 23 hours ago What to know about Robert Prevost, the first pope born in the U.S. and his ties to Peru Catholic Church 22 hours ago ...

Peru's Congress has passed a law granting "humanitarian" amnesty to nearly 900 military and police officers convicted or ...

LIMA, Peru — When Pope Francis touches down in Lima, Peru, Jan. 18, he will meet a boisterous Catholic Church fresh from a victory over gender ideology, while confronting new skirmishes against ...

A 16th century Catholic Church – believed to be Peru’s oldest – was discovered outside the northern coastal city of Piura. The church was built in 1534 but its mud walls deteriorated over ...

LIMA, Peru — On the feast of the Assumption, Albina Tobar Seminario, the 59-year-old wife of a vine farmer, went to Mass at the Shrine of the Lord of Luren. One of the most venerated places in ...

A magnitude 7.5 earthquake rocked northern Peru on Sunday, collapsing a 16th-century Catholic church tower although no deaths or serious injuries were immediately reported.

It offers hope there can still be joy and renewal in a church riven by division ... but some trace their roots to faraway countries with a strong Catholic presence: Cameroon, Mexico, Peru, Haiti.