For years before becoming Pope Leo XIV — as a parish priest and then bishop in Peru — Robert Prevost built ties with ...

Many Indigenous Catholics saw an ally in Pope Francis who championed their causes, asked forgiveness for the church’s ...

The death of Pope Francis has ignited widespread online curiosity about the process of electing the next leader of the ...

Pope Leo XIV has hands-on experience of navigating the Amazon. Many Catholics have said they believe Prevost’s experience as ...

a part of the Amazon rain forest. It was 2016, a year after Laudato Si, Pope Francis’ encyclical on the environment. When he was up to speak, the bishop didn’t preach though he was in his city ...

In his final Easter message, Pope Francis expressed pain over the violence and division throughout our world and urged us to ...

Every pope brings a distinct vision and agenda for leading the church. Making change is difficult in the Catholic Church, but ...

European pope in centuries, Francis was especially aware of colonialism’s impact and the need to embrace many cultures within ...

Most stories about Pope Francis mention that he made history as ... lives of Native peoples from across the nine countries of the Amazon. During the papal Mass Francis celebrated in Chiapas ...

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FILE - A wooden statue portraying a pregnant woman is seen in the foreground as members of Amazon Indigenous populations prepare for a Via Crucis (Way of the Cross) procession from St. Angelo ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis changed the Catholic Church ... considering an exception to resolve a clergy shortage in the Amazon. He praised Benedict for humility and courage by setting ...