Before ascending to lead the Roman Catholic Church ... Leo was appointed apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Chiclayo, in the country’s northwest on Nov. 3, 2014. Francis appointed ...

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

The new pope, Leo XIV, has something in common with many of his peers in the Catholic hierarchy. He’s been in positions of ...

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

Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected Thursday by the conclave to serve as pope, becoming Pope Leo XIV at the age of 69. Prevost, a missionary who dedicated his career to ministry in Peru ...

They pray that God will bless him abundantly in his future ministry as the supreme pastor of the Roman Catholic Church,” the diocese said ... the bishop of Chiclayo in Peru in 2015, before ...

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

Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born missionary Robert ...

Catholic school students and teachers across the Archdiocese of Atlanta assembled in classrooms and cafeterias to watch the ...

WESH 2 NEWS LUANA MUNOZ TALKED WITH THE DIOCESE OF ORLANDO ... AND AGAIN, NEVER IN THE HISTORY OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH HAS THERE EVER BEEN AN AMERICAN POPE. GUYS, BACK OVER TO YOU.