The press conference, with its serious translation errors, indicated the difficulties Ana María Quispe Díaz has faced as her ...

Residents in Chiclayo, Peru, hold up the picture of Pope Leo XIV during a mass in his honour on May 10 [Guadalupe Pardo/AP Photo] ...

A Peruvian mother who brought her twin sons to the U.S. after medical missteps at home is facing rising costs and time ...

A victims advocacy group has recycled allegations of coverup against Pope Leo XIV despite revelations that the accusations ...

A Peruvian woman assaulted by a priest alleges Pope Leo XIV, while he was a bishop in Peru, neglected to investigate her case. Ana María Quispe Díaz of Chiclayo, Peru, appeared publicly for the first ...

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 Diocese of Chiclayo was created on Dec. 17, 1956, by Pope Pius XII. The Diocese of Chiclayo has 48 parishes and two pastoral sectors. The parishes are distributed among five pastoral zones.

Francis appointed Leo as bishop of Chiclayo on Sept. 26, 2015 — the same year he became a naturalized Peruvian citizen. In Peru, Leo ministered to the marginalized and vulnerable.

Chiclayo, with a population of more than 800,000, plays a vital role as the main commercial hub of Peru’s northern coast, with highways linking it to the Andes mountains and Amazon region.

The Diocese of Chiclayo denied the accusations of a coverup, saying in a Sept. 10 statement the victims were personally attended to by the then-bishop, Cardinal Robert Prevost — now prefect of ...