Peru
Pope Francis sides with Peruvian villagers who accused Catholic group of trying to steal their land
By Gabriela Molina — April 15, 2024
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — On Saturday, Francis urged the Catacaos villagers to persist in their efforts to defend the land, where they raise cattle and produce honey.
Vatican abuse investigators begin their audit of secretive Peru-based Catholic society
By Franklin BriceÑo — July 27, 2023
LIMA, Peru (AP) — The scandal at the Peru-based Sodalitium of Christian Life, has close parallels to other cases of charismatic Catholic leaders in Latin America being accused of sex abuse.
Pope makes plea for end of violence, start of talks in Peru
By Associated Press — January 24, 2023
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Protests engulfing Peru began last month after then-President Pedro Castillo, Peru’s first leader with a rural Andean background, was impeached and imprisoned for trying to dissolve Congress.
How a Peruvian farmer converted to Judaism and started a movement
By Yonat Shimron — August 3, 2022
(RNS) — 'The Prophet of the Andes' offers a peek at the momentous changes that are reshaping religions as more people abandon the religion of their birth for something else — in this case, Judaism.
At Vatican’s Peruvian Nativity scene, Pope Francis again warns against ‘indifference’
By Claire Giangravé — December 10, 2021
(RNS) — The pope used the Vatican crèche's spotlight on the diversity of Peru to continue a campaign against indifference toward people at the margins.
Peru’s ‘Lord of Miracles’ procession canceled amid pandemic
By Associated Press — September 29, 2021
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru’s most popular Roman Catholic procession, the Lord of Miracles, has been canceled for the second straight year because of the coronavirus pandemic, the archbishopric of Lima announced Tuesday. The procession venerates a 17th century rendering of Jesus Christ and in the past has attracted more than 100,000 people. It culminates […]
Environmentalist priest in Peru says little has changed since pope’s visit
By Paula Dupraz-Dobias — February 6, 2019
PUERTO MALDONADO, Peru (RNS) — The Rev. Xavier Arbex has warned for years about the devastating impact of rapacious mining in the mineral-rich country.
Francis cardinals make up almost half of electors of next pope
By Thomas Reese — May 22, 2018
(RNS) — Pope Francis continues to remake the College of Cardinals so that almost half of the men who will choose his successor have been chosen by him.
Pope apologizes to abuse victims but defends Chilean bishop
By Nicole Winfield — January 22, 2018
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Francis apologized for insisting that victims of pedophile priests show 'proof' to be believed, saying he realized it was a 'slap in the face' to victims that he never intended.
Droves fill pope’s final Mass in restive Latin America trip
By Nicole Winfield — January 22, 2018
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Pope Francis was greeted by cheering crowds at nearly every stop of his Peru trip, but the cloud of sex abuse scandal trailed him.
Pope: Femicides in Latin America a scourge that must stop
By Yonat Shimron — January 21, 2018
TRUJILLO, Peru (AP) — The first Latin American pope called for lawmakers to protect women and for a new culture 'that repudiates every form of violence.'
Pope to indigenous: Amazon is ‘heart of the church’
By Yonat Shimron — January 19, 2018
PUERTO MALDONADO, Peru (AP) — Francis said it was "essential" for governments and other institutions to consider tribes as legitimate partners whose rights, cultures, languages and traditions must be respected and recovered.
Pope urges Chile to welcome migrants, holds airborne wedding
By Yonat Shimron — January 18, 2018
IQUIQUE, Chile (AP) — The pontiff broke new ground on an Airbus 321 when he performed a wedding ceremony for two flight attendants.
The 11 sisters of Siervas are a rock band like ‘nun’ other
By Jerome Socolovsky — September 19, 2017
GARDEN GROVE, Calif. (AP) — Eleven nuns take the stage wearing traditional black-and-white habits but are anything but old school as they belt out songs to the ringing of electric guitar and a rock 'n' roll beat.
Brazil, Peru end partnerships with Presbyterian Church (USA) over gay marriage
By Renée K. Gadoua — September 23, 2015
(RNS) The loss of the South American partnerships comes on top of the 50 U.S. congregations that formally split from the 1.8 million-member denomination since it allowed ministers to celebrate same-sex marriages.
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