As a missionary and bishop in Peru, the future Pope Leo came face-to-face with one of the most serious and far-reaching ...

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.

Chicago Cardinal says when Pope Leo XIV is ready to travel to the United States, he will push for a Chicago stop.

and announced the winner was Prevost. He spoke to the crowd in Italian and Spanish, but not English. “Greetings … to all of you, and in particular, to my beloved diocese of Chiclayo in Peru ...

Amid the mostly joyous reception for Robert Prevost, who stunned the world when he emerged from the loggia of St. Peter’s as ...

Survivors say Pope Leo must commit to transparency in investigations of priests accused of sexual abuse. His record on doing ...

As word trickled in about the new pope with local ties at the Illinois ... “But I think Prevost’s heart for people and heart for justice and his experiences in Peru are going to be very ...

The Rev. Andy Matijevic has some impressive bragging rights. “I told the future pope what to do,” Matijevic quipped. It was ...

"He was definitely very wise and very kind when he was speaking to you." Prevost lived and worked in Peru for more than 20 years. First, as a missionary during the '80s, when Peru was fractured by ...

After years of internal violence, border tensions and political turmoil, Peru, under its authoritarian president, wanted more military muscle. In those days, Father Prevost and the seminarians ...

With the Vatican conclave’s selection of Cardinal Robert “Bob” Francis Prevost as the new papal ... spent much of his adult life toiling in Peru serving some of the world’s poorest people.

But another country also lays a claim to the papacy: Peru, where Prevost lived as a priest and then a bishop for decades. On Saturday, Peruvians in the northern city of Chiclayo, where Prevost ...