Local authorities were tipped off about the artifacts and worked with archaeologists to identify the objects, officials said.

By then, Considine had become head of the U.S. bishops’ Latin America Bureau. He worked with the onetime Catholic priest and ...

CHICLAYO: Thousands of vulnerable families in the Lambayeque department of Peru will benefit from five charity projects ...

A new documentary entitled “León de Perú” (Leo of Peru, in Spanish) follows the footsteps of Robert Francis Prevost, now Pope ...

One of the greatest challenges facing Pope Leo XIV is financial. He has inherited the Holy See’s chronic, 50 million to 60 ...

The Vatican doesn’t tax its residents or issue bonds, and it's got a very big budget problem. It primarily finances the ...

Robert Prevost, as bishop of Chiclayo, initiated a process with the Vatican for the recognition of a 17th-century Eucharistic ...

Twenty days into his papacy, Pope Leo XIV’s appointment style remains largely unknown—but his years leading the Diocese of ...

Eds: This story was supplied by The Conversation for AP customers. The Associated Press does not guarantee the content.

People hold newspapers in Chiclayo, Peru, May 9, 2025, reporting on the election of Pope Leo XIV, who is a dual U.S.-Peruvian citizen. (OSV News/Reuters/Sebastian Castaneda) David Agren ...

Twenty days into his papacy, Pope Leo XIV’s appointment style remains largely unknown -- but his years leading the Diocese of Chiclayo, Peru, may offer clues. There, ...

The city of Chiclayo in Peru erupted with excitement when the news broke that American missionary Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost Martínez, who pastored their diocese from 2015 to 2023 ...