SIMOJOVEL, Mexico (AP) — At a recent service in the remote southern Mexican community of Simojovel, Catholic and Mayan symbolism mingled at the altar as the deacon — his wife beside him — read the ...

Associated Press file photo / Pope Francis arrives for a meeting with Indigenous peoples and members of the parish community of Sacred Heart on July 25, 2022. As a teenager in southern India, Susai ...

He’ll oversee ministry to about 49,000 Catholics, mostly Indigenous, dispersed across a region larger than Texas. In a ceremony punctuated by traditional drumming — as well as songs and prayers in an ...

At a recent service in the remote southern Mexican community of Simojovel, Catholic and Mayan symbolism mingled at the altar as the deacon — his wife beside him — read the gospel in his native Tsotsil ...

Pijachi Kuyuendo, 45, said she hopes the next pope also works closely with Native people. “With his death, we face huge challenges.” A wider path for the church Pérez Gómez, 57, is able to help tend ...