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People pray inside Santa Ana Ixtlahuatzingo Catholic Church in Tenancingo, Mexico, July 25, 2022. (OSV News photo/David Maung, file)

World

Pew: Catholicism down in Latin America, but belief in God 'remains high'

Gina Christian|Jan 21, 2026|5 Min Read

Thousands join a procession during the closing of the International Eucharistic Congress in Quito, Ecuador, Sept. 14, 2024. Through donations to the U.S. bishops' annual national Collection for the Church in Latin America, U.S. Catholics helped support the congress, which drew participants from 40 nations. (OSV News photo/Karen Toro, Reuters)

US Catholics urged to 'express unity' with Latin American Catholics through collection

OSV News|Jan 19, 2025|4 Min Read

People pray inside Santa Ana Ixtlahuatzingo Catholic Church in Tenancingo, Mexico, July 25, 2022. (OSV News photo/David Maung, file)

Pew: Latin American Catholics favor birth control, married and women priests, and Pope Francis

Gina Christian|Sep 26, 2024|8 Min Read

Aid

Pope to aid groups: Truly giving means expecting nothing in return

Justin McLellan|Mar 5, 2024|3 Min Read

Latin America

US bishops' Collection for the Church in Latin America set for Jan. 27-28

OSV News|Jan 18, 2024|2 Min Read

A supporter of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva reacts as he celebrates election results proclaiming Lula the winner, in São Paulo, Brazil, Oct. 30. (CNS photo/Amanda Perobelli, Reuters)

World

What Latin America’s leftward turn means for the Church

Charles Collins|Nov 7, 2022|4 Min Read

Carla Marquez, 36, who is six months pregnant, burns wood on the street to cook a meal for her husband, Carlos Henrique Mendes, 25, and their daughter, Gabriela, 5, outside their home in São Paulo Sept. 16, 2022. Marquez and her family live in a room paid for by a church and struggle to feed their daughter. Among the challenges identified during the process of the Latin American church's First Ecclesial Assembly were social and economic inequalities exacerbated by the pandemic. (CNS photo/Amanda Perobelli, Reuters)

World

Catholic leaders want Latin American church that's synodal, reaches out

Barbara J. Fraser|Oct 31, 2022|5 Min Read

Pope Francis listens as Archbishop Javier Del Río Alba of Arequipa, Peru, president of the administrative council of the Populorum Progressio Foundation for Latin America and the Caribbean, speaks during a meeting with the council in the library of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican Sept. 16, 2022. (CNS photo/Vatican)

Pope revamps fund for rural communities in Latin America, Caribbean

Cindy Wooden|Sep 16, 2022|2 Min Read

Demonstrators in Quito, Ecuador, use makeshift shields during an anti-government protest June 23, 2022, amid a stalemate between the government of President Guillermo Lasso and largely Indigenous demonstrators who demand an end to emergency measures. (CNS photo/Adriano Machado, Reuters)

World

In Washington, Latin American Catholics find tools for 'new epoch'

Rhina Guidos|Jul 29, 2022|4 Min Read

Migrants from Central America and Haiti walk in a caravan near Huehuetan, Mexico, Oct. 25, 2021, that was headed to Mexico City where the migrants planned to apply for asylum and refugee status. (Jacob Garcia/Reuters via CNS)

Hispanic Catholic leaders meeting with Senators on immigration reform

John Lavenburg|Apr 27, 2022|4 Min Read

Salvadoran Cardinal Gregorio Rosa Chávez celebrates the beatification Mass for Jesuit Father Rutilio Grande, Franciscan Father Cosme Spessotto, Nelson Rutilio Lemus and Manuel Solórzano in San Salvador Jan. 22, 2022. (CNS photo/Octavio Duran)

World

Why Salvadoran Catholics are wary of Jesuit massacre case reopening

Inés San Martín|Jan 27, 2022|4 Min Read

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World

Utopia or salvation? Behind Latin America’s losing its religion

Msgr. Richard Antall|Jan 21, 2022|5 Min Read

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