The people of northern Peru call him el obispo. Sometimes he's Padre Prevost. Maybe when the shock wears off, they'll get ...

Pope Leo XIV might be "gringo" by birth but ask the people from Chiclayo, Peru, and the man is decidedly Peruvian.

For years before becoming Pope Leo XIV — as a parish priest and then bishop in Peru — Robert Prevost built ties with ...

I am a Peruvian who embraced America, and the pope is an American who embraced Peru.

Pope Leo XIV laid out the vision of his papacy Saturday, identifying artificial intelligence as one of the most critical ...

Faviana Azalda Castro was confirmed by Pope Leo XIV when he served as bishop in her hometown of Chiclayo, Peru. Now, the ...

The two clerics met in South America, and when Francis needed to fill an important job at the Vatican, he knew where to turn.

The small city of Chiclayo in northern Peru was bustling with excitement on Friday, with businesses and locals sharing photos, memories and stories about its most famous former resident: Pope Leo XIV.

The morning after John Prevost watched his younger brother Robert become Pope Leo XIV, he received a familiar phone call.

With a culture as rich as Peru’s, you can see it, and you can hear it. So when the world started learning more about the new pope, they thought he was just a cardinal from Chicago.

Bishops often imposed such restrictions — with varying levels of enforcement and typically without warning the public — until ...

Walsh, left, and community leader Theresa Mahoney, are seen here with a Time magazine cover shot of Pope Leo XIV, who has a connection with the Ursulines from his days serving in Peru. They are in ...