On rainy days, wastewater floods into homes. Yet on those very same days, residents often can't draw water from their taps. Margarita Garcia has two problems: Too much water — and not enough water.

Pope Francis was a priest, archbishop in Buenos Aires Made a name for himself visiting the city's slums Local residents remember Francis as humble and open Pope died this week in the Vatican aged 88 ...

Father Carlos “Charly” Olivero of the Parish of Our Lady of the Miracles of Caacupe. (Credit: Facebook.) Listen [Editor’s note: This is the third part of a series on the villero priests, a group of ...

[Editor’s note: This is the second of a series on the “villero priests,” a group of close to 40 priests who live and work in Buenos Aires’s slums, exploring their work, their thoughts and the reality ...

Editor's note: This story was originally published on Sept. 17, 2015. We are reposting now in the event of Pope Francis' death. Click this link for part two: Francis' participation with families an ...

BUENOS AIRES (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Standing next to his self-built home reached by a steep ladder in a Buenos Aires slum, resident Miguel Romero is skeptical about the future despite ...

Margarita Garcia has two problems: Too much water — and not enough water. And often at the same time. On a hot summer day in March, she headed home from her cleaning job and found that her street was ...

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - In the poor Zavaleta district of Buenos Aires, amidst precarious houses and narrow alleys, Marina Ayala walks the same streets Pope Francis walked during his years as a priest ...