Pope Leo was born in the United States, but for his adopted nation of Peru, he is a “Chiclayano” – a son of the bustling ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — When Cardinal Robert Prevost emerged from the loggia of St. Peter’s as Pope Leo XIV on Thursday (May 8), ...

People react at the Cathedral of St. Mary in Chiclayo, Peru, May 8, 2025, the day Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected ...

Bishop Robert Prevost recalled his early meetings with Pope Francis when the latter was archbishop of Buenos Aires when they ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost has been elected as Pope Leo XIV, the first US-born pontiff, succeeding the late Pope Francis.

Robert Prevost served Peru's rural poor, even if it meant sticking his hands in grease. That is nether the hallmark of a ...

Standing on loggia of St. Peter’s basilica, newly elected Pope Leo XIV smiled, waved and appeared to hold back emotion May 8 ...

Attendees at the Mass shouted "¡Viva el Papa León!" ("Long live Pope Leo!") and "¡El papa es chiclayano!" ("The pope is a ...

Bishop Robert J. Brennan, Bishop of the Diocese of Brooklyn, celebrated Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of St. James in ...

I met the man who would become Pope Leo XIV in October 2023. We were standing outside the Vatican’s Synod Hall, and from my ...

For years before becoming Pope Leo XIV — as a parish priest and then bishop in Peru — Robert Prevost built ties with ...

Pope Leo XIV's former diocese reacted with jubilation when it was announced that their former bishop had been named the new head of the Catholic Church, and it was all captured on video.