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, who was born in Chicago as Robert Prevost, was the first American to be elected Pope - but an expert has warned he did not want to be defined by his roots

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

(RNS) — As a Chicago-born missionary to Peru, Robert Francis ... which reported on Leo’s Creole identity. “And of course we don’t know what happened to Pope Leo’s family, but what ...

He later spent two decades carrying out missionary work in Peru before Pope Francis called him back ... Leo insisted that his identity remained rooted in service. “My vocation, like that of ...

Pope Leo XIV will be known for many things, including being the first American pope and the first Augustinian pope, but he most likely will not be known for turning the Catholic Church in a more conservative direction.

However, it would be a mistake to let Leo XIV be defined by his critics alone. He reminds us that no human is infallible, not even the pope. He is a man elevated by faith and shaped by service. And now he must guide 1.3 billion Catholics in an uncertain and divided world.

The new Pope has chosen Leo XIV as his papal name. Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has been elected as the new Pope, the Vatican has announced, as cheers erupted from the crowd. He is the first American Pope to be elected.

ROME – The surprising election of the first American pope felt fraught and ... the most fundamental part of Leo’s identity may not be either his American or his Peruvian nationality, argued ...