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 ...

On the second day of the conclave, white smoke emerged from the Sistine Chapel, meaning a new pope has been elected.

Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected Thursday by the conclave to serve as pope, becoming Pope Leo XIV at the age ...

Running the diocese in Chiclayo, Peru’s fifth-largest city ... Francis had tangled with conservatives in the American Catholic Church and rarely appointed Americans to top Vatican positions.

Before ascending to lead the Roman Catholic ... Church, Leo spent his childhood in Chicago’s South Side, where his family was beloved. He later spent two decades carrying out missionary work in ...

Many people who worked with Pope Leo XIV when he was Bishop Robert Prevost of Chiclayo, Peru, couldn’t hold back tears when ...

Prevost would often say that he had "come from Chicago to Chiclayo – the only difference ... and in canon law in Rome, the Catholic Church sent him to Peru for the first time.

Thousands of miles south of Chicago, people rejoiced at the news in Peru, including in Chiclayo and in the capital Lima. Pope Leo XIV may be the first American-born leader of the Catholic Church ...

CHICLAYO, Peru, May 9 (Reuters ... The new head of the global Roman Catholic Church was born in Chicago, but spent decades in Peru. He first arrived in 1985 as a young missionary in the mostly ...