On the second day of the conclave, white smoke emerged from the Sistine Chapel, meaning a new pope has been elected.

Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected Thursday by the conclave to serve as pope, becoming Pope Leo XIV at the age ...

The celebration vibrated with joy following the election of Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost Martínez — both a U.S. and ...

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.

Standing on loggia of St. Peter’s basilica, newly elected Pope Leo XIV smiled, waved and appeared to hold back emotion May 8 ...

Running the diocese in Chiclayo, Peru’s fifth-largest city ... Francis had tangled with conservatives in the American Catholic Church and rarely appointed Americans to top Vatican positions.

Before ascending to lead the Roman Catholic ... Church, Leo spent his childhood in Chicago’s South Side, where his family was beloved. He later spent two decades carrying out missionary work in ...

CHICLAYO, Peru — Walkiria Garcia was 14 years old when she made her confirmation in the Catholic Church, an already significant religious sacrament made even more unforgettable by the man ...

Prevost would often say that he had "come from Chicago to Chiclayo – the only difference ... and in canon law in Rome, the Catholic Church sent him to Peru for the first time.