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

The U.S.-born pontiff served in Peru for decades, and Arizonans from the South American country think he was shaped for the better by his time there.

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

The revelation that Leo XIV has roots among New Orleans Creoles has stirred curiosity and joy about the first pope from the ...

Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert Prevost, the first American to be pope, is a magical choice embodying a thousand ...

Though Leo XIV is from Chicago, his election to the papacy reflects the move of Christianity toward the Global South.

Pope Francis was trying to fill a big job. For decades, that position — heading the powerful office that helps vet and select ...

Catholics around the world were skeptical at first about an American pope. But Pope Leo XIV’s multicultural and multilingual ...

In the end, the most fundamental part of Leo’s identity may not be either his American or his Peruvian nationality, argued ...

In 2025, Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert Prevost of Chicago, emerged as the first American Pope after a swift two-day ...

Americans gathered in St. Peter’s Square on May 8 to celebrate the election of Pope Leo XIV, the first pontiff from the ...