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 better by his time there.

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

Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert Prevost, the first American to be pope, is a magical choice embodying a thousand ...

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

Pope Leo XIV might be "gringo" by birth but ask the people from Chiclayo, Peru, and the man is decidedly Peruvian.

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 ...