This guide to Peru religion covers Catholic and evangelical numbers, Pope Leo XIV's Peruvian ties and the big festivals, as of October 2026.

Sports fandom is a key part of the new pope’s public image. Just don’t expect him to throw out the first pitch anytime soon.

His Holiness Pope Leo XIV has today, 10 October, appointed Bishop Timothy Menezes as the new Bishop of Brentwood. Bishop ...

So, you want to get on the liturgical calendar? It's not impossible, but not easy. Basically, you must be a saint, and one ...

Jack Figel was born in 1954 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and founded Eastern Christian Publications in 1993 to bridge Eastern and Western Christian traditions. Over three decades ...

James Martin, S.J., explains Catholic teaching on LGBTQ people, from Scripture and the Catechism to human dignity, pastoral ...

Auxiliary Bishop Stephen Fernandes of Bombay and a Sri Lankan Redemptorist are among four Asian theologians appointed as ...

It’s Banned Book Week, and the banning is badder than ever. Here are a handful of posts to enjoy before we get to this week’s ...

Maysa Abu Daoud and her daughter Mary had moved from a church refuge into a rented flat. An Israeli strike killed them ...

NPR's Scott Detrow and Daniel Burke discuss "American Pope," their biography of Pope Leo XIV, from his decades in Peru to how ...

Pope Leo XIV was a lot of firsts for the Catholic Church. Among other things, he was the first Augustinian and the first ...