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

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

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

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

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.

Fr Gabriel Romanelli, Latin parish priest of Gaza Strip, conducts the midnight Christmas Eve mass at Deir Al Latin Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza City, 24 December 2021 ...

Josh Brooks, a native of Delaware County in metro Philadelphia, dreamed of following in the footsteps of his idol LeBron ...

A new book suggests Chicago-born Richard Prevost may have been reluctant at first to take on the weighty responsibility of ...

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Pope Leo XIV has said there should be no tolerance in the Catholic Church for any type of abuse – sexual, spiritual or abuse of authority -- and called for “transparent processes” to ...

The Syrian Catholic archbishop of Homs in Syria, Jacques Mourad, has issued an urgent appeal for the future of the Christian ...

Pope Leo made his first public comments about the clergy sex abuse scandal in a written message to a Peruvian journalist.

To many, he was known as "the doorkeeper," and they would share with him their personal struggles with faith, family, life's challenges.