Among other things, it traces Latin America’s largely unrecognized role in the abolition of the doctrine of conquest and the ...

A group of volunteers from Seniors in Action for God with Excellence wrapped up a project in the Dominican Republic on Feb. 6 ...

For The Rev. Fr. Juan Manuel Camacho, there's opportunity in the fact that Pope Leo XIV is from Chicago, along the same Great ...

Pope Leo XIV's background tells the story of complicated racial identities in the U.S., multiculturalism and Black Catholics ...

John Dipuglia had first scouted the Dominican Republic when he worked for the St. Louis Cardinals. Back then, signing bonuses ...

Five people were killed along the border that the Dominican Republic shares with Haiti in what authorities say is a suspected drug trafficking case.

A trailblazer in his own right already, what do we know about Pope Leo XIV’s key views so far? And does he plan on paving a ...

U.S.-born Pope Leo XIV, in his first address to world diplomats, said on Friday that the dignity of migrants had to be ...

Last Thursday morning, I walked into the newsroom to find reporter Barry Eberling frozen in front of his computer screen. This isn’t unusual — most journalists, editors included, are often ...

Back in 2004, it was an eye-opening experience for Crestwood couple Michael and Beth Searcy to go on a mission trip to the Dominican Republic with their former church. After returning in 2006 and ...

Just when I thought I was out of the Catholic Church, something extraordinary — an American pope — might pull me back in. It's beautiful to see how many people, places and things are claiming a piece ...

The top diplomats from Kenya and the Dominican Republic met in Santo Domingo on Monday and called on the international community to fulfill and expand its promised funding for the UN-backed ...