How Leo confronts the lingering global crisis could be of particular interest to Catholics in the Philadelphia region.

Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected Thursday by the conclave to serve as pope, becoming Pope Leo XIV at the age of 69. Prevost, a missionary who dedicated his career to ministry in Peru ...

Many people who worked with Pope Leo XIV when he was Bishop Robert Prevost of Chiclayo, Peru, couldn’t hold back tears when ...

Peru's president, Dina Boluarte, described Pope Leo as Peruvian "by choice and conviction". "The pope is Peruvian; God loves ...

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

After the historic election of Cardinal Robert Prevost as history’s first American pope, old allegations of coverup and ...

Newly chosen Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass at the Sistine Chapel on Friday, along with the cardinals who elected him. Follow for live news updates.

The Survivors Network for those Abused by Priests claims Pope Leo XIV mishandled two different cases of sexual abuse by priests, including in Chicago and Peru.

LIMA (Reuters) - In the Peruvian coastal city of Chiclayo, some 5,000 kilometers (3,000 miles) from new Pope Leo XIV's ...

In Central Texas, a Catholic population of more than 700,000 covered by the Austin Diocese is undoubtedly marking the ...

Robert Prevost, who was elected as the 267th pontiff, grew up in Chicago but lived for years in Peru, where he was the Bishop ...

The Augustinian cardinal and former missionary in Peru has been elected the new pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church.