A controversial bill in Costa Rica’s Legislative Assembly has put the Catholic Church and lawmakers at odds over the sanctity of confession versus child protection laws. The proposed “Law Against ...

A portrait of the late Pope Francis is seen during a mass at the Metropolitan Cathedral in San Jose. (Photo by Ezequiel BECERRA / AFP) The Catholic Church of Costa Rica issued a heartfelt message ...

SAN JOSE (Reuters) - The Catholic Church in Costa Rica on Friday asked for forgiveness following recent accusations that three of its priests sexually abused minors, amid a clerical abuse scandal that ...

“Let's not let our values be taken away. In Costa Rica we are convinced that human life is inviolable, we made a forceful decision in this sense when in 1882 we abolished the death penalty”. That is ...

With something as simple as a handmade bracelet, parishioners at Salem Lutheran Church hope to help youth in another nation. Youth who are part of Sola Fe Lutheran Church in Costa Rica made the ...

The Tomás Moro (Thomas More) Institute in Costa Rica presented the book “With the Heart of a Shepherd,” a collection of pastoral letters by St. Ezequiel Moreno, a Spanish bishop who evangelized ...