In late April 2021, the Catholic Church in Guatemala celebrated the beatification of the 10 martyrs of Quiché, three priests and seven laymen killed between 1980 and 1991.

Photos of persons who were forcibly disappeared hang in front of the Supreme Court building in Guatemala City Nov. 25, 2019, during a genocide case hearing involving three army commanders ...

On September 23, the Catholic Church will beatify Stanley Rother, a priest from Oklahoma serving in Guatemala who was murdered in 1981, the Archdiocese of Okla­homa City announced recently. In ...

Elevated by Pope Francis to the top hierarchy of the Catholic Church, Cardinal Álvaro Ramazzini has kept up his unflinching focus on the poor, the Indigenous and the migrant in Central America.

Guatemala’s President-elect Bernardo Arévalo leaves at the end of a press conference in the Plaza of Human Rights in Guatemala City, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. (Credit: Santiago Billy/AP.) Listen ...

Guatemala is known the world over for its colorful processions during Cuaresma or the Lenten season leading up to Easter Sunday. Residents and tourists flock to Antigua and Guatemala City to see ...

People take part in a procession for Palm Sunday, the start of Holy Week, in the colonial city of Antigua, Guatemala. For Catholics, the procession—known as La Reseña—commemorates when Jesus ...

Work continues on the Blessed Stanley Rother Shrine, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023, in Oklahoma City. A dedication Mass set for Friday, Feb. 17, 2023, will mark the official opening of the shrine ...

Portrait of a priest. Blessed Stanley Rother was from the small town of Okarche, Oklahoma, about 40 miles northwest of Oklahoma City. He was born in 1935 and attended Holy Trinity Catholic Church ...