Several options are available to the Holy Father, who has pledged to heal divisions and build bridges within the Church.

The edict has hardened and widened divisions among Catholics, alienating the Church’s small but young, ardent, and unyielding group of Latin Mass loyalists. For nearly 1,500 years, a large ...

The edict has hardened and widened divisions among Catholics, alienating the Church’s small but young, ardent, and unyielding group of Latin Mass loyalists. For nearly 1,500 years, a large ...

Even more significant than these "firsts," I believe, is a "second": Leo follows in Pope Francis' footsteps as a priest shaped by the Latin American church. The new pontiff served the church in Peru ...

Latin American bishops began to implement the teachings of the modernizing Second Vatican Council right after the council in the early 1960s. And as a result, “we try to be a church that is a ...

SÃO PAULO, Brazil – One word – synodality – dominated the general assembly of the Episcopal Conference of Latin America (CELAM), which gathered the presidents and secretary-generals of all bishops’ ...

As Christmas approaches, the Latin Church of the Holy Family in Gaza is alive with activity. “In these dark days, we wanted to offer a sign of hope, especially for our children. That’s why ...

In 1968, a group of Latin American bishops gathered at Medellín, Colombia, to challenge the Roman Catholic Church to expand its definition of charity to include the advocacy of social justice for ...