Peru’s Catholic bishops have called for an end to the violence that has left more than 50 people dead in anti-government protests since early December—a plea echoed by Pope Francis in his ...

LIMA, Peru — When Pope Francis touches down in Lima, Peru, Jan. 18, he will meet a boisterous Catholic Church fresh from a victory over gender ideology, while confronting new skirmishes against ...

A tourist itinerary connecting dozens of landmarks associated with Pope Leo XIV's decades-long mission in Peru was launched in July by the South American country's government, in a joint effort with ...

Edwin Poirè Huanca, a lay Catholic who has lived and worked in Zambrano's parish for 22 years, said that the protests have always had a peaceful nature. "But on Jan. 6 the people decided to block ...

A 16th century Catholic Church – believed to be Peru’s oldest – was discovered outside the northern coastal city of Piura. The church was built in 1534 but its mud walls deteriorated over ...

Pope Leo is not a stop-gap solution, not a compromise candidate after others failed to achieve a two-thirds majority after ...

“He worked hard for the Church, but the time came when he was no longer able to do so. He went to the hospital and had 90% of his lungs affected. There was nothing to do.

LIMA (Reuters) - The Catholic Church in Peru on Wednesday rebuked a local archbishop who has sued two local investigative journalists for libel after they broke a sex abuse story involving an ...

Chile and Peru, the two countries that Pope Francis will visit Jan. 15-21, have recently received thousands of migrants seeking safety and opportunities.