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A woman holds a picture of Bishop Robert Prevost, the man who became Pope Leo XIV, in front of the Cathedral of Chiclayo, Peru, on May 8, 2025. (Credit: Manuel Medina/AP.)

Even after pope’s election, number of Catholics continues to decrease in Peru

  • May 29
  • Eduardo Campos Lima
Vicente Cañas in undated picture. (Credit: CIMI.)

Murderer of Jesuit missionary in Brazil convicted 38 years after crime

  • May 24
  • Eduardo Campos Lima
A festival of Catholic music in Santa Bábara d'Oeste, Brazil, on May 17, 2025. (Credit: Diocese of Piracicaba.)

Catholic music festival gathers 40,000 people in small Brazilian city

  • May 22
  • Eduardo Campos Lima
Bolivian President Luis Arce gives a press conference at the presidential palace in La Paz, Bolivia, April 7, 2025. (Credit: Juan Karita/AP.)

Bolivian bishops make unprecedented critical tone against the government before elections

  • May 14
  • Eduardo Campos Lima
Pope Leo XIV, the Apostolic Administrator of Chiclayo, Bishop Robert Prevost, preaches during a Corpus Christi Mass in a stadium in Chiclayo, Peru, on June 19, 2019. (Credit: Julio Reano/AP.)

Amazon Catholics hope the new pope will protect the rain forest

  • May 10
  • Mauricio Savarese, 
    Steven Grattan, Associated Press
Ximena Valdivia Muro, a coordinator of the Youth Pastoral Ministry, during her visits to Cardinal Robert Prevost - now Pope Leo XIV - in the Vatican. (Credit: Private photo given to Crux.)

Diocese of Chiclayo in Peru celebrates former bishop Prevost’s election as Pope Leo XIV

  • May 9
  • Eduardo Campos Lima
People demonstrate against the government over its deal with the United States in Panama City on May 6, 2025. (Credit: Matias Delacroix/AP.)

Amid social unrest, Church calls for dialogue in Panama

  • May 7
  • Eduardo Campos Lima
A person holds a picture of Pope Francis at the Basilica de San Jose de Flores in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on April 21, 2025. (Credit: Gustavo Garello/AP.)

Liberation Theology old-timers mourn Francis and reflect on next pope

  • May 5
  • Eduardo Campos Lima
A wooden statue of a prengant woman in front of Amazonian members outside the Vatican on Oct. 19, 2019. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Amazonian Rite’s proposition will include suggestion for ordination of women deacons and married men

  • May 1
  • Eduardo Campos Lima
Indigenous people in Brazilia, Brazil, on April 8, 2025. (Credit: Eraldo Peres/AP.)

Indigenous peoples in Brazil lament the death of Pope Francis

  • Apr 28
  • Eduardo Campos Lima

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Academy for Life gets new leader with difficult tightrope to walk

  • May 29
  • Elise Ann Allen

Even after pope’s election, number of Catholics continues to decrease in Peru

  • May 29
  • Eduardo Campos Lima

Pope issues appeal for peace in Ukraine, Gaza amid fresh violence

  • May 28
  • Elise Ann Allen

Ghana bishops raise the alarm over illegal mining

  • May 28
  • Ngala Killian Chimtom