A survivor of clergy sex abuse in Peru brought her public campaign for reform to the American hometown of Pope Leo XIV ...

Cardinal Prevost's time in Peru crucial for his election as pope New Pope Leo was already known by many Catholic cardinals Conclave was looking for someone to continue Pope Francis' legacy Leo was ...

In the days following Robert Prevost’s election as Pope Leo XIV, the world sought to understand this relatively unknown man.

A new book suggests Chicago-born Richard Prevost may have been reluctant at first to take on the weighty responsibility of ...

Elected Thursday as Pope Leo XIV, Prevost has become the first pontiff born in the United States — and instantly one of the world’s most consequential voices on faith and politics. He emerged ...

Robert Prevost may have made history Thursday by becoming the first pope from the United States. But in Peru, he is known as the saintly missionary who waded through mud after torrential rains ...

Prevost has been a citizen of Peru since 2014, but first arrived in the country in 1985, when he served as a parish priest. After briefly returning to the United States, he arrived in Peru again ...

In this photo released by the Cruz de Motupe Brotherhood, Bishop Robert Prevost, who was elected Pope Leo XIV on May 8, 2025, blesses a woman during a Mass in Motupe, Peru, in September 2020.

As a missionary and bishop in Peru, the future Pope Leo came face-to-face with one of the most serious and far-reaching scandals in the church in Latin America.

He said that when Francis travelled to Peru in 2018, Prevost camped out with his flock on the ground during the vigil before Francis’ Mass. “Roberto has that style, that closeness.

In Peru, Pope Leo XIV is known as the saintly missionary who waded through mud after torrential rains flooded the region, bringing help to needy people, and as the bishop who spearheaded the life ...