The congregation who run the Providence Asylum nursing home face a heartbreaking dilemma: record demand, but record-low resources.

Members of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America proposed that the church hold a Synod of Bishops "on the theme of the woman in the life and mission of the church."

Pope Francis admitted that he had badly misjudged the situation in Chile, or as he put it: “I fell into serious errors in the evaluation and perception of the situation, due especially to the lack of true and balanced information.”

The archbishop of San Salvador says water is “monopolized and contaminated by industries,” and there needs to be a guarantee of access for “the multitudes.”

In his photography, David Taylor shies away from stereotypes.

The Americas are one landmass. The fates of its states and its people are inseparable.