Amid the mostly joyous reception for Robert Prevost, who stunned the world when he emerged from the loggia of St. Peter’s as ...

Peruvians have celebrated the election of a man many knew as a missionary and bishop during his 2 decades of service in the ...

(THE CONVERSATION) In his first appearance as Pope Leo XIV on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica, the man born Robert Francis Prevost spoke for 10 minutes in Italian. Then he transitioned to Spanish ...

Thousands of Catholics packed the plaza outside the Cathedral of Santa Maria de Chiclayo in this northern Peruvian city to ...

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

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

People react at the Cathedral of St. Mary in Chiclayo, Peru, May 8, 2025, the day Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected ...

White smoke billowed out of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday afternoon as Pope Leo XIV, formerly the American cardinal Robert ...

The celebration vibrated with joy following the election of Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost Martínez — both a U.S. and ...

Attendees at the Mass shouted "¡Viva el Papa León!" ("Long live Pope Leo!") and "¡El papa es chiclayano!" ("The pope is a ...

Pope Leo was born in the United States, but for his adopted nation of Peru, he is a “Chiclayano” – a son of the bustling northern Peruvian city where everyone seems to have a story about him.