Despite being the first pope from America, a country where the Catholic Church is known for its relative conservatism, Pope ...

Peruvians have celebrated the election of a man many knew as a missionary and bishop during his two decades of service in the ...

Pope Leo XIV made time in his busy schedule to welcome his friend Father Hugo Sánchez and Sánchez’s mother to the Vatican.

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

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

Pope Leo XIV, when he was bishop of Chiclayo, Peru, offered a special prayer of consecration to the Blessed Virgin Mary ...

For Vatican experts, the election of American Robert Francis Prevost Martinez as the new pope sends clear political and symbolic signals both within and outside the Catholic world ...

Before he became the new pope, Robert Prevost was the bishop of Chiclayo, a city in the north of Peru, where many describe ...

Cardinal Prevost reposted a response to Vance written by Kat Armas for the National Catholic Reporter stating that “Jesus ...

Chicago native Robert Francis Prevost has gone by “Bob” for most of his life. On Thursday, the 69-year-old became Pope Leo ...

Pope Leo XIV leads his first Mass as pontiff in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican May 9, 2025. Pope Leo, formerly Cardinal ...