After years of allegations of land dispossession by a now-dissolved Catholic group, the highest ecclesiastical authorities in ...

The Catholic Church in Peru held a reparation ceremony to apologize for historical land dispossession affecting Indigenous ...

August 19, 2012 by WILLIAM NEUMAN AND ANDREA ZARATE THE NEW YORK T LIMA, Peru — To its critics in the church, the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru is not deserving of its name. It has spurned ...

Uruguay's bishops have confirmed "there is a high probability" Pope Leo XIV will visit the country in late 2026." ...

A child stands next to a sign reading “With the Children, No!” during a protest in early February against child abuse and violence in Lima, Peru. (Credit: Guadalupe Pardo/Reuters via CNS.) Listen LIMA ...

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 Angelus ...

Pope Leo XIV hugs a pilgrim from Argentina after his weekly general audience Aug. 6, 2025, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. Pope Leo is likely to visit Argentina and Uruguay in one trip with Peru ...