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Pope in Barcelona talks mental health, violence against women

Church in the Americas

A childhood self-portrait by Paula Alonso hangs in the studio of her apartment in Madrid, Spain, Thursday, May 21, 2026. (Credit: Bernat Armangue/AP.)

Ahead of papal visit, Spain pushes forward with reparations for church sex abuse victims

Jun 4
Suman Naishadham

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on the sidelines of the ASEAN meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Oct. 26, 2025. (Credit: Mark Schiefelbein/AP.)

Trump’s designation of Brazilian criminal groups as terrorists concerns clergy

Jun 1
Eduardo Campos Lima

Supporters of the party LIBRE, Liberty and Refoundation, protest the general election results in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025. (Credit: Moises Castillo/AP.)

Church condemns series of massacres in Honduras

May 29
Eduardo Campos Lima

Chilean President José Antonio Kast and his wife Maria Pia Adriasola greet supporters at the Santiago Cathedral in Santiago, Chile on Dec. 19, 2025. (Credit: Esteban Felix/AP.)

Catholic group in Chile opposes Kast administration’s anti-immigrant proposal

May 27
Eduardo Campos Lima

Vatican investigators Monsignor Jordi Bertomeu, right, from Spain, and Archbishop Charles Scicluna, from Malta, walk outside of the Nunciatura Apostolica during a break from meeting with people who alleged abuse by the Catholic lay group Sodalitium Christianae Vitae in Lima, Peru, on July 25, 2023. (Credit: Martin Mejia/AP.)

Peru’s Catholic Church holds a symbolic ceremony in apology for Indigenous land dispossession

May 24
Associated Press

A poster of slain environmentalist Juan López hangs in his home as a state-assigned bodyguard watches over the López family, in Tocoa, Honduras, Dec. 6, 2024. (Credit: Moises Castillo/AP.)

One of the masterminds behind killing of Catholic activist arrested in Honduras

May 22
Eduardo Campos Lima

A miner launches a firecracker at police during an anti-government protest in La Paz, Bolivia, Monday, May 18, 2026. (Credit: Juan Karita/AP.)

Amid major social unrest, Church tries to mediate talks in Bolivia

May 21
Eduardo Campos Lima

Killings related to land disputes in Brazil doubled in 2025, church organization reports

May 19
Eduardo Campos Lima

Amid guerrilla attacks and ahead of elections, Church calls for peace and protection of the vulnerable in Colombia

May 8
Eduardo Campos Lima

Samara Martínez, a supporter of legalizing euthanasia, hugs a friend in support of the “Muerte Digna” law in Mexico City on March 23, 2026. (Credit: Marco Ugarte/AP.)

Church in Mexico campaigns against euthanasia bill

Apr 30
Eduardo Campos Lima