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U.S. Secretary of State offers prayers for Pope Francis on anniversary of his election

Latin America

In the Para State of Brazil in May 30, 2023. (Credit: Eraldo Perez/AP.)

Latin American Church strategies after Trump’s immigration policies

Feb 6
Eduardo Campos Lima

Supporters of former President Evo Morales, below, face off with supporters current President Luis Arce in El Alto, Bolivia, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024. (Credit: Juan Karita/AP.)

Bolivian bishops call for dialogue amid political crisis, but few people listen

Nov 18, 2024
Eduardo Campos Lima

Father of liberation theology, a tiny man with a giant legacy, dead at 96

Oct 23, 2024
John L. Allen Jr.

New Brazilian cardinal shuns being another ‘loudmouth’ in a divided age

Oct 14, 2024
Eduardo Campos Lima

New cardinals celebrate diversity of pope’s appointees

Oct 9, 2024
Elise Ann Allen

A detainee sits in a truck under watch by border police on the outskirts of Santa Fe in the Darien province of Panama, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024. Police arrested alleged human traffickers of migrants who enter through the Darien jungle on their way to the U.S. (Credit: Abraham Teran/AP.)

Latin American Church discusses protection and promotion of immigrants

Oct 1, 2024
Eduardo Campos Lima

Ilva Hoyos, the head of the Colombian abuse prevention commission, speaks at the Latin American and Caribbean network of culture of care and abuse prevention. (Credit: CELAM.)

Latin American abuse prevention network gathers in Colombia

Sep 11, 2024
Eduardo Campos Lima

The Supreme Court in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024. The country’s high court is conducting an audit of the disputed, July 28 presidential election. (Credit: Matias Delacroix/AP.)

Latin American Church challenges Maduro, expresses solidarity to Venezuelans

Aug 8, 2024
Eduardo Campos Lima

The festivity of Our Lady of Perpetual Help promoted in Cali in June of 2023, with members of the Afro Pastoral Ministry of the Archdiocese of Cali, Colombia. (Credit: Afro Pastoral Ministry of Cali.)

Black Catholic women to launch network in Latin America

Jul 17, 2024
Eduardo Campos Lima

Experts offer insight into specific dynamic of abuse in Latin America

May 29, 2024
Elise Ann Allen