VATICAN CITY – 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 ...

Pope Leo XIV turns 70 on Sept. 14 and some of his closest friends in the Chicago-area will mark the day with him in mind, ...

Both leading candidates in the conclave were advanced by Francis. The former pope appointed Prevost as bishop of Peru in 2014 ...

Prevost, a relative unknown on the world stage, spent two decades as a missionary in Peru and became a senior Vatican official and a cardinal only in 2023.

In the Footsteps of Pope Leo XIV,' a $150M faith-tourism route links 35 sites that celebrate nation’s first Peruvian pope ...

ROME, AUG 20 - Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday got a ping pong bat as a present and tried it out to the delight of the faithful attending his weekly general audience in the Vatican's Paul VI Room. Leo, who ...

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.

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.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — 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 ...