Father Robert Prevost first arrived in Peru in 1985 during a time of crisis, the aftermath of devastating El Niño rains that ...

CHICLAYO, Peru — Walkiria Garcia was 14 years old when she made her confirmation in the Catholic Church, an already ...

Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected Thursday by the conclave to serve as pope, becoming Pope Leo XIV at the age ...

Peruvians are elated after a Catholic cardinal who spent years guiding the faithful in the South American country was elected ...

CHICLAYO, Peru — The people of northern Peru call him el obispo. Sometimes he is also Padre Prevost . Maybe when the shock ...

Pope Leo XIV's election as the leader of the Catholic Church is being celebrated in Chiclayo, the city in northern Peru that ...

Before ascending to lead the Roman Catholic ... Church, Leo spent his childhood in Chicago’s South Side, where his family was beloved. He later spent two decades carrying out missionary work in ...

Pope Leo XIV, or Papa León 14, has been selected to lead the Catholic Church and its 1.4 billion congregation worldwide.

New pope's deliberate decision to identify with Peru in particular and the Global South generally is no accident ...

On the second day of the conclave, white smoke emerged from the Sistine Chapel, meaning a new pope has been elected.

The selection of a U.S.-born pope could have profound impact on the future of the U.S. Catholic Church ... to visit us here ...