It was the 69-year-old's first service as head of the Catholic Church, leading about 1.4 billion followers worldwide. Leo XIV is the church's 267th pope, the first born in the US, and the first North ...

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

In his homily, Bishop Farfán spoke of the profound love the new Pontiff has for Peru — a country he first visited in 1985 — ...

Peru's president, Dina Boluarte, described Pope Leo as Peruvian "by choice and conviction". "The pope is Peruvian; God loves ...

Pope Leo XIV delivered his first public remarks since taking over as leader of the Roman Catholic Church on Thursday from the ...

On Thursday, the Vatican in Rome made history when the conclave of cardinals chose U.S.-born Robert Francis Prevost to be the ...

Peruvians were elated Thursday after a Catholic cardinal who spent years guiding the faithful in the South American country ...

The new Pope Leo XIV, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, in his first words as head of the Catholic Church, sent a greeting in spanish to his "beloved diocese of Chiclayo." The protodeacon, the ...

LIMA (Reuters) - In the Peruvian coastal city of Chiclayo, some 5,000 kilometers (3,000 miles) from new Pope Leo XIV's ...