President Trump took the oath of office for the second time and was sworn in as the 47th president. He laid out a sweeping agenda and declared that the country’s golden age “begins now.”

Sister JoAnn Persch and Sister Pat Murphy used to set up a sacred space in the McHenry County Jail library once a week for immigrant detainees. The men held there — who could connect with their families only by phone — would file into the room in orange jumpsuits and take a seat.

During a trip to Haiti a few years ago, I traveled off the beaten path and visited the southeastern port city of Jacmel ... Christ—was used by the Catholic Church in the Americas to convert ...

A heartfelt breakfast honoring the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. took place at Greater Bethel AME Church in Panama City on Jan. 18.

Just days before the start of a U.S. administration that’s promised a swift immigration crackdown, hundreds of Guatemalan faithful in Minnesota turned with hope and pride to the statue of the crucified Jesus,

Born from “gunboat diplomacy,” the Panama Canal is under threat from US saber rattling once again. More than 100 years after the construction of the engineering marvel that linked the Atlantic ...

The Miraflores Visitor Center, just a 15-minute drive from Panama City’s skyscrapers and the most popular option for tourists, offers the added excitement of a Morgan Freeman-voiced IMAX film ...

MEXICO CITY — President Trump said Monday that the United States would reassert control over the Panama Canal, the strategic, U.S.-built waterway that Washington handed over to the Panamanian ...

Pope Francis has said he wants to give women greater leadership roles in the Roman Catholic Church. If he really wants to make good on that vow, writes Rich Barlow, he should reconsider Catholicism’s insistence on an all-male priesthood.

The canal, located on the outskirts of the capital, Panama City, is one of the world's busiest trade passages. It is a 51-mile artificial waterway that connects the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans ...

Outside the residence of the U.S. ambassador in Panama City, a demonstrator burns the U.S. flag during a protest against Monday's inauguration of President Donald Trump. Outside the residence of ...

Trump issued the threat without explaining details after weeks of refusing to rule out military action against Panama over the waterway, which the US handed over at the end of 1999. "Above all ...