Father Robert Prevost first arrived in Peru in 1985 during a time of crisis, the aftermath of devastating El Niño rains that ...

Before he became the new pope, Robert Prevost was the bishop of Chiclayo, a city in the north of Peru, where many describe ...

In his first appearance as Pope Leo XIV on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica, the man born Robert Francis Prevost spoke for ...

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 ...

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.

The people of northern Peru call him el obispo. Sometimes he's Padre Prevost. Maybe when the shock wears off, they'll get ...

Pope Leo XIV (born Robert Francis Prevost) is the second Roman Pontiff, after Pope Francis, from the Americas. Unlike Jorge ...

Thousands of Catholics gathered on Saturday for an outdoor mass in the Peruvian city of Chiclayo to celebrate the election of Pope Leo XIV, who for years lived, ate and ...

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

The new head of the global Roman Catholic Church was born in Chicago, but spent decades in Peru. He first arrived in 1985 as a young missionary in the mostly impoverished north, spending many of his f ...