In a jubilant atmosphere, more than 10,000 faithful gathered in front of the Basilica and Cathedral of Santa María de ...

The historic election of Pope Leo XIV as the first U.S.-born pope is already upending an earlier calculus about U.S.

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

In Peru, Pope Leo XIV is known as the saintly missionary who waded through mud after torrential rains flooded the region, ...

In his first words as Pope Francis’ successor, uttered from the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica, Leo said, “Peace be with you, ...

CHICLAYO, Peru — Walkiria Garcia was 14 years old when she made her confirmation in the Catholic Church, an already ...

White smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel chimney in Vatican City Thursday as the world gathered to watch a new pope take ...

Robert Prevost may have made history Thursday by becoming the first pope from the United States. But in Peru, he is known as ...

After completing studies in theology in Chicago and in canon law in Rome, the Catholic Church sent him to Peru for the first time. He arrived at the Augustinian mission in Chulucanas, in the ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost of Chicago will succeed Pope Francis as the leader of the Catholic Church. Prevost, the first ...

"I hope to be able to respond to [the challenges] with a healthy dialogue," said Cardinal Robert Prevost in 2023.

ATLANTA — Catholic churches across metro Atlanta had their first Sunday services since the election of the new pope. Channel ...