Born in the U.S., forged in Peru, chosen in Rome, Leo XIV will helm a church facing debt, division and decline ...

Hector Camacho remembers Robert Prevost, set to be formally inaugurated as Pope Leo XIV on Sunday, as a young jeans-wearing ...

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

Robert Francis Prevost – now Pope Leo XIV – is the first American elected to lead 1.4 billion Catholics around the world. He ...

"The pope is Peruvian; God loves Peru," she said. Follow our live updates Pope Leo XIV marks new beginning for Catholic Church Continuity the key for Pope seen as unifier in the Church Who is the ...

Philadelphia woman confirmed by Pope Leo XIV in Peru says she prays for pontiff daily 02:01. As the world looks to the future ...

In Peru, Pope Leo XIV is known as the saintly missionary who waded through mud after torrential rains flooded the region, bringing help to needy people, and as the bishop who spearheaded the ...

I met the man who would become Pope Leo XIV in October 2023. We were standing outside the Vatican’s Synod Hall, and from my ...

The Chicago-born pontiff is the first American to lead the Catholic Church, and while his positions on some of the church’s ...

The new pope’s status as an American shocked me, and I immediately began to consider the politics and symbolism of the choice.

Chicago native Robert Francis Prevost has gone by “Bob” for most of his life. On Thursday, the 69-year-old became Pope Leo ...