The U.S.-born pope spent about a dozen years as a missionary in Peru and returned there later to serve as a bishop.

In a country where over 90% of the population identifies as Christian—and nearly three-quarters as Catholic—the election of a new pope is more than a Vatican affair. It's personal.

As the Catholic Church welcomes its first American pope, here are 10 things to know about Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert F. Prevost.

"The issue of work is of vital importance to the vast majority of people on the planet" and Pope Leo has made it clear that ...

Prior to his elevation to the papacy, Leo XIV stayed out of the spotlight on certain reforms backed by his predecessor but ...

Peruvians have expressed pride and surprise in one of their own becoming pontiff. Augustinians in the country have expressed ...

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

The bishop sat quietly near the front row, hands folded, listening as Indigenous leaders and church workers spoke about the threats to Peru's northern forests, a part of the Amazon rain forest. It was ...

Father Cedric Wilson was a senior in seminary high school in Michigan when Pope Leo XIV was a freshman there. Their ...

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 has echoed his predecessor’s urgent call for an end to the assault that has killed more than 52,000 Palestinians ...