Leo’s commitments present a challenge to the nationalism and isolationism currently promoted by the White House.

Pope Leo XIV spent two decades ministering in Peru. He became part of Peruvian society and, eventually, a leader within it.

Though Leo XIV is from Chicago, his election to the papacy reflects the move of Christianity toward the Global South.

While he was born in Chicago, his pastoral identity was shaped in the highlands of Peru, not the pews of Illinois.' ...

COMMENTARY: Pope Leo XIV is the first true missionary to lead the Catholic Church since Christ chose St. Peter.

The U.S.-born pontiff served in Peru for decades, and Arizonans from the South American country think he was shaped for the ...

Father Robert Prevost first arrived in Peru in 1985 during a time of crisis, the aftermath of devastating El Niño rains that ...

Pope Leo XIV, who was born in Chicago as Robert Prevost, was the first American to be elected Pope - but an expert has warned ...

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