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

Residents in the Peruvian town of Chiclayo chant "long live the pope!" Pope Leo spent eight years as a bishop close to the ...

Before ascending to lead the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Leo XIV — formerly Cardinal Robert Prevost — grew up in Chicago, ...

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

In the Peruvian city of Chiclayo, just a few kilometers from the Pacific Ocean, nearly everyone knows Pope Leo XIV.

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

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

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.

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

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

Pope Leo was spotted at the 2005 World Series, a rare moment of triumph for the pride of Chicago’s South Side.

Pope Leo XIV has laid out the vision of his papacy and has identified artificial intelligence as one of the most critical ...