Peru is on the verge of rolling back several longstanding protections for Indigenous people and their territories, critics warn. Several bills working their way through Congress would loosen ...

Before becoming pope, Leo lived in Peru for nearly 20 years, serving at different times in various capacities from parochial vicar of Chulucanas in the Piura region to bishop of Chiclayo. He became a ...

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvians were elated Thursday after a Catholic cardinal who spent years guiding the faithful in the South American country and who they see as one of their own was elected pope.

This week, Peruvian officials are set to consider the creation of a sprawling reserve in the country’s Amazon basin to protect groups of Indigenous people living in isolation from the rest of society.

Leo XIV, the first pope born in the United States, is also claimed by the Peruvian people whom he served for over two decades as one of their own. Then known as Robert Francis Prevost, he lived and ...

Pope Leo XIV is truly a pope of the Americas. He's a dual citizen, of the United States and Peru, where people are ecstatic about his elevation to pontiff. People in Peru are also celebrating since ...

LIMA — Each month, Czibor Chicata-Sutmöller issues scores of visas to Utahns preparing to serve Latter-day Saint missions to Peru. The Consul General of Peru in Salt Lake City said his daily duty of ...

PUNO, Peru — At a market along frigid Lake Titicaca, the vendor caught a visitor eyeing her display of chuno, black and white potatoes as hard as charcoal briquettes. She explained how they are made: ...

LIMA — Each month, Czibor Chicata-Sutmöller issues scores of visas to Utahns preparing to serve Latter-day Saint missions to Peru. The consul general of Peru in Salt Lake City said his daily duty of ...