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The leader of the Diocese of Palm Beach hailed the choice of American-born Pope Leo XIV as Pope Francis' successor.
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 ...
Across Chicago, Sunday churchgoers returned to pews still stunned and elated about the election of a native of the city’s ...
For years before becoming Pope Leo XIV — as a parish priest and then bishop in Peru — Robert Prevost built ties with ...
As the first pope from the United States and a dual citizen of America and Peru, Pope Leo XIV — a native of the Windy City — ...
When Pope Leo XIV dined out as a bishop in the Peruvian town of Chiclayo, his appetite was big and his tips came in the form ...
Maricela Calzada’s 53rd birthday on April 21 was the day Pope Francis died. Despite the somber news, the longtime Catholic ...
People in the city of Chiclayo, where Leo XIV served as bishop for about eight years, gathered to celebrate a man they see as one of their own.
The celebration vibrated with joy following the election of Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost Martínez — both a U.S. and ...
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.
Pope Leo XIV, born in Chicago in 1955, became a novitiate in the Order of St. Augustine at age 22 after graduating from ...