“I wanna wish you a merry Christmas!” In the lead-up to his papacy, Chiclayo, Peru’s fifth largest city, has played a central ...

Peruvians are elated after a Catholic cardinal who spent years guiding the faithful in the South American country was elected pope and hoped he will visit them soon in his new role.

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

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.

Twenty days into his papacy, Pope Leo XIV’s appointment style remains largely unknown — but his years leading the Diocese of ...

seat of the Diocese of Chiclayo, took center stage grabbing the attention of the world. This is because His Holiness lived in Peru for decades, residing in Chiclayo for nearly 10 years when he ...

By Mitra TajJulie Turkewitz and Genevieve Glatsky Mitra Taj reported from Chiclayo, Peru, Julie Turkewitz from Lima, Peru, and Genevieve Glatsky from New York. They remembered him in rubber boots ...

Peru's National Registry of Identification and Civil Status (Reniec) spent over US$ 30,000 to send four officials to the ...

A northern Tondero in the voice of singer Sonia Valderrama pays tribute to <a href=" Leo XIV and his pastoral life in northern Peru.

The small city of Chiclayo in northern Peru was bustling with excitement on Friday, with businesses and locals sharing photos, memories and stories about its most famous former resident: Pope Leo XIV.

“I wanna wish you a merry Christmas!” In the lead-up to his papacy, Chiclayo, Peru’s fifth largest city, has played a central role in Leo XIV’s rise through the Catholic Church. Since ...

“We would like him to visit us here in Peru.” Leo, standing on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica for the first time as pope, addressed in Spanish the people of Chiclayo, which sits just 9 ...