Pope Leo XIV, has a patchwork background that speaks to the melting pot that is the United States — and his birthplace, the ...

COMMENTARY: Pope Leo XIV is the first true missionary to lead the Catholic Church since Christ chose St. Peter.

Peruvians have celebrated the election of a man many knew as a missionary and bishop during his 2 decades of service in the ...

The U.S.-born pontiff served in Peru for decades, and Arizonans from the South American country think he was shaped for the ...

New pope's deliberate decision to identify with Peru in particular and the Global South generally is no accident ...

Though Leo XIV is from Chicago, his election to the papacy reflects the move of Christianity toward the Global South.

Pope Francis was trying to fill a big job. For decades, that position — heading the powerful office that helps vet and select ...

Catholics around the world were skeptical at first about an American pope. But Pope Leo XIV’s multicultural and multilingual ...

In the end, the most fundamental part of Leo’s identity may not be either his American or his Peruvian nationality, argued ...

In 2025, Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert Prevost of Chicago, emerged as the first American Pope after a swift two-day ...

Robert Francis Prevost, 69, has become the 267th occupant of the throne of St Peter and he will be known as Leo XIV. He is ...