ABC News’ Matt Rivers travels to Chiclayo, Peru, the city where now Pope Leo XIV is celebrated for his time as a missionary, ...

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.

Attendees at the Mass shouted "¡Viva el Papa León!" ("Long live Pope Leo!") and "¡El papa es chiclayano!" ("The pope is a ...

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

People react at the Cathedral of St. Mary in Chiclayo, Peru, May 8, 2025, the day Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected ...

A flag from the United States waves from the crowd as Pope Leo XIV appears at the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica for ...

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

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

The new pope’s status as an American shocked me, and I immediately began to consider the politics and symbolism of the choice.

The pontiff held his first meeting with the news media at the Vatican and called on reporters to choose “the path of ...

Bishop Robert Prevost recalled his early meetings with Pope Francis when the latter was archbishop of Buenos Aires when they ...

The local Peruvian community was still buzzing about the election of Cardinal Robert Prevost as Pope Leo XIV — the man who ...