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Pope hints at Lampedusa visit in strong echo of Francis on migrants and refugees

Latin America

Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

Catholic television stations create Latin American network

Aug 21
Eduardo Campos Lima

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

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

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

A person holds a picture of Pope Francis at the Basilica de San Jose de Flores in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on April 21, 2025. (Credit: Gustavo Garello/AP.)

Liberation Theology old-timers mourn Francis and reflect on next pope

May 5
Eduardo Campos Lima

Palacio de Gobierno in Lima, Peru. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

Church criticizes “anti-NGO” bill in Peru

Apr 2
Eduardo Campos Lima

Pope John Paul II. (Credit: AP.)

New research finds ‘John Paul II effect’ on boosting fertility in Latin America

Apr 1
Crux Staff

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.

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Pope hints at Lampedusa visit in strong echo of Francis on migrants and refugees

Sep 13
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India’s bishops promote Christianity unity in teeth of growing attacks, pressures

Sep 13
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Peruvians to celebrate Leo’s birthday with beloved local devotion

Sep 12
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Catholic pilgrim murdered in Pakistan

Sep 10
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