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French archbishop appointed head of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors

Church in the Americas

Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Credit: Pixabay.)

Former Liberation Theology leader criticizes ‘excess’ of social issues by Latin American bishops

Jul 2
Eduardo Campos Lima

Bishop Arnaldo Carvalheiro Neto of Jundiaí, Brazil, meets with the parents of a child attacked in the church of Nossa Senhora do Desterro (Our Lady of Exile). The meeting took place on June 24, 2025. (Credit: Diocese of Jundiaí.)

Woman attacks toddler with pepper spray during Mass in Brazil

Jun 27
Eduardo Campos Lima

(Credit: Banner of Potosi's annual National Fair.)

Archbishop demands suspension of Marilyn Manson’s concert in Mexico

Jun 23
Eduardo Campos Lima

Father Anderson Pitz with Janaina Moreira Soares da Rocha and Everaldo da Rocha. (Credit: Instagram of Father Pitz.)

Catholic community shocked with loss of couple in tragic balloon accident in Brazil

Jun 23
Eduardo Campos Lima

Supporters hold a sign with an image of former President Evo Morales and a message that reads in Spanish, “Without Evo, there are no elections,” during a protest demanding he be allowed to compete in the upcoming presidential election, near the Supreme Electoral Tribunal in La Paz, Bolivia, Thursday, May 29, 2025. (Credit: Juan Karita/AP.)

Church condemns ‘spiral of violence’ in Bolivia

Jun 18
Eduardo Campos Lima

President Gustavo Petro speaks with Cardinal Luis José Rueda in Bogotá, Colombia. (Credit: Government of Colombia.)

Cardinal seeks dialogue to find solutions for violence in Colombia

Jun 16
Eduardo Campos Lima

Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

First network of clergy abuse survivors is created in Brazil

Jun 12
Eduardo Campos Lima

El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele waves as he departs following a meeting at the White House with President Donald Trump, Monday, April 14, 2025, in Washington. (Credit: Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP.)

Salvadoran bishops criticize President Bukele’s policies

Jun 7
Eduardo Campos Lima

A Macuxi Indigenous man paints the face of another at the Caracarana Lake Regional Center in Normandia, on the Raposa Serra do Sol Indigenous reserve in Roraima state, Brazil, Monday, March 13, 2023. (Credit: Edmar Barros/AP.)

Suggestions for the Amazonian Rite to be concluded in July, official says

Jun 5
Eduardo Campos Lima

The original image of Our Lady of Guadalupe impressed on the cloak of St. Juan Diego is seen in the basilica in Mexico City Feb. 13, 2016. (Credit: CNS photo/Paul Haring.)

Latin American bishops say the region’s Church must be synodal

Jun 3
Eduardo Campos Lima

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French archbishop appointed head of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors

Jul 5
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African bishop slams ‘outdated, biased’ global finance system

Jul 3
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