Robert Prevost, as bishop of Chiclayo, initiated a process with the Vatican for the recognition of a 17th-century Eucharistic ...

Locals in Chiclayo, Peru, have fond memories of Leo’s work as bishop, but some question his record responding to abuse.

A new documentary entitled “León de Perú” (Leo of Peru, in Spanish) follows the footsteps of Robert Francis Prevost, now Pope ...

The shrine church of La Virgen de la Puerta ... both local or from the surrounding villages, are part of the Catholic religious majority in Peru. But some other Peruvians — including non ...

In 1996, the percentage of Evangelicals in Peru corresponded to only 4.4 percent ... that the SCV’s downfall has impacted the Catholic Church’s public image. “The Church managed to keep ...

Pope Francis took the unusual decision Wednesday to expel 10 people – a bishop, priests and laypeople -- from a troubled Catholic movement in Peru after a Vatican investigation uncovered ''sadistic'' ...

As a missionary and bishop in Peru ... reaching scandals in the church in Latin America. For years, there were allegations of abuse within the hugely influential Catholic society Sodalitium ...

Voting in Peru's presidential election next April ... "I think he wants to stress that he is the pope of the universal Catholic Church," Thompson said, "and not an American holding that position." ...