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Pope Leo tells faithful in St. Peter’s Square he will gradually resume duties after cancer surgery

Church in the Americas

Ice cream vendor Alicia Caso touches a life-size statue of Pope Leo XIV standing on display outside a church in the Barranco neighborhood of Lima, Peru, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, a month before the pope’s visit to Peru. (Credit: Martin Mejia/AP.)

South Americans pray for Pope Leo’s recovery as uncertainty hangs over his visit

Oct 15
Franklin Briceno,
Isabel Debre

A partially collapsed building stands after an earthquake struck Penonome, Panama, Friday, Oct. 9, 2026. (Credit: Aris Mariota/AP.)

Panama suffers powerful quake aftershocks rattle communities, destroys historic Catholic church

Oct 13
Aris Mariota,
Alma Solís

A woman receives medicine distributed through the “Medicine Is Not for Sale” community project in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026. (Credit: Ramon Espinosa/AP.)

Cubans turn to free community pharmacies from Catholic Charities as medicines grow scarce

Oct 13
Andrea Rodriguez

Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis in St. Louis, Missouri.

Archdiocese of St. Louis sues federal government

Oct 8
Crux Now Staff

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva greets supporters in São Paulo, Brazil, on Sep. 26, 2026. (Credit: Allison Sales/AP.)

Our Lady of Aparecida emerges as key issue in race for Brazil’s presidency

Oct 2
Eduardo Campos Lima

The statue of Brazil's patron saint, the Virgin of Aparecida, stands behind glass inside the basilica named after her in the town of Aparecida, Brazil, July 23, 2013. (Credit: Andre Penner/AP.)

What to know about the viral claim about Brazil’s patron saint jolting a tight presidential race

Oct 1
Eléonore Hughes

The Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida, Brazil, in 2020, before controversial renovations by disgraced Fr. Marko Rupnik. (Credit: Andre Penner/AP.)

Why controversy skipped the Rupnik unveiling in Brazil

Sep 28
Eduardo Campos Lima

‘The Church will always believe in peace talks,’ says top Church mediator in Colombia

Sep 15
Eduardo Campos Lima

Catholics believe assisted reproduction bill can be defeated in Ecuador

Sep 13
Eduardo Campos Lima

A man prays at a sanctuary dedicated to late Argentine singer Gilda on the 30th anniversary of her death in a bus crash, in Entre Rios, Argentina, Monday, Sept. 7, 2026. (Credit: Natacha Pisarenko/AP.)

30 years after her death, Gilda embodies Argentina’s enduring faith in folk saints

Sep 8
Isabel Debre