Morello led a team of colleagues from universities in Argentina, Peru, and Uruguay, who interviewed more than 250 individuals in three Latin American cities, the most widespread qualitative study of ...

For the Catholic faithful across Latin America, Pope Francis was iconic for many reasons. Not only is Catholicism the major religion in nearly every country of the continent, but Pope Francis was the ...

But as a scholar of religion in Latin America, I believe that it is his time in Peru that has best prepared him to take on the challenges of directing the global Catholic Church. In Peru ...

The Chicago-born pope has dual citizenship in the U.S. and Peru, where he was a missionary and a bishop. | Opinion ...

But Francis’s inability to reverse long-standing religious trends in Latin America despite his heritage and personal history underscores the challenges faced by Catholicism in a region where ...

He vowed to place less emphasis on "small-minded rules" or the "disjointed multitude of doctrines" and more on the "endless possibilities of grace." ...

University of Central Arkansas professor, Clayton Crockett, said Pope Leo XIV will continue the legacy of Pope Francis.

Pope Leo XIV spent two decades ministering in Peru. He became part of Peruvian society and, eventually, a leader within it.