In a new book, the Pulitzer Prize winner Greg Grandin tells the history of the hemisphere from south of the border.

Liberals hoped he’d ordain women or allow gay marriage. Conservatives thought he’d tear up Church doctrine. But his papacy ...

Pope Francis — the first pontiff from the Americas, who clashed with traditional Catholics but was hailed as a reformer by progressives — died on Monday, a day after Easter, at age 88. The pope had ...

During Francis’s papacy, evangelical Protestantism and secularism continued to remake Latin America’s religious geography, ...

For the Catholic Church’s new leader, cardinals could pick a reformist or someone who can heal rifts.

Nobody is complaining anymore about Latin America and the Caribbean being neglected by the hegemon to the north. The Trump ...

Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but ...

After the Vatican announced the death of Pope Francis, the first Latin American pontiff, early morning Monday, global and ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Key events in the life of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who became Pope Francis and died on Monday: Dec. 17, 1936: Jorge Mario Bergoglio is born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the eldest of ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humility and concern ...