The Chicago-born pope has dual citizenship in the U.S. and Peru, where he was a missionary and a bishop. | Opinion ...

Few, if any, Latin Americans show up on the speculative lists of who might be elected as the supreme pontiff, or “papabile.” ...

COMMENTARY: Pope Francis’ successor should address four main aspects: persecution, social doctrine, missionary withering and ...

New Pope Leo XIV, Robert Francis Prevost, 79 years old, is a curious figure of a "Latin American Yankee" - and for this ...

For the Catholic faithful across Latin America, Pope Francis was iconic for many reasons. Not only is Catholicism the major ...

Peruvians have celebrated the election of a man many knew as a missionary and bishop during his 2 decades of service in the ...

Prior to his elevation to the papacy, Leo XIV stayed out of the spotlight on certain reforms backed by his predecessor but ...

Most stories about Pope Francis mention that he made history as the first pontiff from Latin America. In fact, Francis was ...

Augustinian Cardinal Robert Prevost was the least American among the American cardinals, having spent most of his ministry in ...

The election of a first North American pontiff came after the death of the first Latin American pope and signaled a ...