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 ...

The celebration vibrated with joy following the election of Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost Martínez — both a U.S. and ...

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

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.

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.

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

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 ...