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Cardinal says priest who sent favorable letters to U.S. judge about El Mencho’s children ‘messed up’

  • Mar 3
  • Eduardo Campos Lima

Brazilian priest convicted of embezzling nearly 700 smart devices donated to his institute

  • Mar 2
  • Eduardo Campos Lima
A soldier stands amid pedestrians as his military group patrols a residential area of northern Quito, Ecuador, on Jan. 11, 2024. (Credit: Dolores Ochoa/AP.)

Bishops to launch initiatives against violence on Ecuador-Colombia border

  • Mar 1
  • Eduardo Campos Lima
Trees and buildings dot Tapalpa, Mexico, Monday, Feb. 23, 2026, a day after the Mexican army killed Jalisco New Generation Cartel leader Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as "El Mencho." (Credit: Marco Ugarte/AP.)

In ‘El Mencho’s’ last redoubt, a crucifix, saint candles and a handwritten psalm

  • Feb 27
  • Fabiola Sanchez, 
    Associated Press
A Turkish Airlines plane takes off alongside an American Airlines plane at Jose Marti International Airport in Havana, Cuba, Monday, Feb. 9, 2026. (Credit: Ramon Espinosa/AP.)

Church gains prominence in humanitarian work in Cuba as criticism of the regime intensifies

  • Feb 24
  • Eduardo Campos Lima
Sister Nadia Gavanski. (Credit: Ukrainian GreekCatholic Church.)

82-year-old nun killed in Brazilian convent

  • Feb 23
  • Eduardo Campos Lima
Government supporters carry a cutout of former President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores during a rally marking the anniversary of the 1958 coup that overthrew Venezuelan dictator Marcos Pérez Jiménez, in Caracas, Venezuela, Jan. 23, 2026. (Credit: Ariana Cubillos/AP.)

Venezuelan Church still struggles to unify its voice after US operation in Caracas

  • Feb 18
  • Eduardo Campos Lima

Cuban bishop calls for dialogue amid protracted national crisis

  • Feb 17
  • Elise Ann Allen
Solange Ayala, a born-male trans-woman, and Isaías Díaz Núñez, a born-female trans-man, at a marriage ceremony in the church of Our Lady of Pompeya in Corrientes, Argentina, on Jan. 28, 2026. (Credit: Facebook.)

Wedding of trans couple in Argentina is null, archbishop says

  • Feb 17
  • Eduardo Campos Lima
Mural paying homage to Camilo Torres located at the National University of Colombia. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

A 60-year mystery ends as Colombian officials identify the remains of guerrilla priest Camilo Torres

  • Feb 17
  • Manuel Rueda, 
    Associated Press

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Cameroon bishop: Church provides ‘presence of hope’ amid separatist conflict

  • Mar 9
  • Ngala Killian Chimtom

Pope Leo XIV decries violence against women, appeals for respect of equal dignity

  • Mar 8
  • Elise Ann Allen

Cardinal denounces Trump administration’s ‘gamifying’ of Iran conflict

  • Mar 8
  • Christopher R. Altieri

Pope names veteran Vatican diplomat as ambassador to the US to manage relations with Trump

  • Mar 8
  • Nicole Winfield