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

Cardinal Robert Prevost may be the first person from the U.S. to become the head of the Catholic Church but his surprising ...

Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost has been chosen by the conclave to be the next pope. He will be known as Pope Leo XIV.

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

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.

CHICLAYO, Peru — The people of northern Peru call him el obispo. Sometimes he is also Padre Prevost . Maybe when the shock ...

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

Cardinal Robert Prevost – a Chicago native who spent his career ministering to the poor in Peru – has been elected the 267 th pope, marking the first American pontiff in the Catholic Church ...

Leo also spent much of his career in Peru. John Prevost described Pope Leo as “middle of the road” and said, “I don’t think we’ll see extremes either way.” But, he said, his brother ...

Aged 69 and originally from Chicago, Prevost has spent most of his career as a missionary in Peru and became a cardinal only in 2023. He has given few media interviews. Sign up here. He takes the ...

In picking him, the other cardinals looked past allegations that Prevost had mishandled or failed to act on sexual abuse cases involving priests in both Peru and the United States. He was selected ...