Washington moved to close a dangerous loophole. Now there’s a constitutional showdown pitting religious freedoms against the duty to protect children ...

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

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

Ninety miles north of Chiclayo, where Pope Leo XIV served for more than 20 years, a group of students from Bishop O'Connell ...

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

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.

Peru's forests have long faced a growing threat of deforestation. In recent months, environmental groups have spoken out ...

Lawyers in Peru are challenging a new amnesty law passed by Congress. The law grants amnesty to military members and ...

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An image of Mary — La Virgen de la Puerta — now housed in a shrine church, has been venerated and revered in the community for over 300 years. The shrine church of La Virgen de la Puerta.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV's election as the first U.S.-born leader of the Catholic Church elevated him to the extremely rare, and legally thorny, position of being an American citizen who ...

LIMA (CNN) — As a missionary and bishop in Peru, the future Pope Leo came face-to-face with one of the most serious and far-reaching scandals in the church in Latin America.