A new book suggests Chicago-born Robert Prevost may have been reluctant at first to take on the weighty responsibility of ...

“I wanna wish you a merry Christmas!” In the lead-up to his papacy, Chiclayo, Peru’s fifth largest city, has played a central role in Leo XIV’s rise through the Catholic Church.

Ninety miles north of Chiclayo, where Pope Leo XIV served for more than 20 years, a group of students from Bishop O'Connell ...

Pope Leo XIV greeted on Sunday the Augustinian community from his former Peruvian Diocese of Chiclayo, who had arrived in ...

Leo’s ascent occurred with remarkable speed. Just over two years ago, he’d been one of the church’s 5,400 bishops — a role with no global visibility.

The small city of Chiclayo in northern Peru was bustling with excitement on Friday, with businesses and locals sharing photos, memories and stories about its most famous former resident: Pope Leo XIV.

"In order to live eternally, we do not need to cheat death, but to serve life, by caring for others in this, our time ...

Church officials in Chiclayo said that action was taken and the accused priests were put on precautionary suspension, and that the case was referred to the Vatican's Dicastery for the Doctrine of ...

CHICLAYO, Peru (AP) — The people of northern Peru call him el obispo. Sometimes he is also Padre Prevost. Maybe when the shock wears off, they will get used to his new title, Pope Leo XIV ...

From priest to pope—will his missionary past define him as the leader of 1.4 billion Catholics, or will Pope Leo become ...

LIMA (CNN) — As a missionary and bishop in Peru, the future Pope Leo came face-to-face with one of the most serious and far-reaching scandals in the church in Latin America. For years, there ...