The contrast between President Donald Trump and Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV couldn’t be more stark — politically, personally or ...

Chicago native Robert Francis Prevost has gone by “Bob” for most of his life. On Thursday, the 69-year-old became Pope Leo ...

The ecumenical patriarch, who had hoped to visit Iznik, Turkey, with Pope Francis in May to mark the 1,700th anniversary of ...

To the shock of many, the new Pope is not only the first Pope from the United States, but the Pope has Haitian and Creole ancestry as well. Those facts are just some of what we learned as we try to ...

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

The contrast between President Donald Trump and Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV couldn't be more stark — politically, personally or ...

The new pope’s status as an American shocked me, and I immediately began to consider the politics and symbolism of the choice.

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.

Pope Leo XIV's former diocese reacted with jubilation when it was announced that their former bishop had been named the new head of the Catholic Church, and it was all captured on video.

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.

The people of northern Peru call him el obispo. Sometimes he's Padre Prevost. Maybe when the shock wears off, they'll get ...

We have an American Peruvian pope,” said Betty Lazaro. Locals say they expect Pope Leo XIV to carry on Pope Francis’ call to ...