Locals in Chiclayo, Peru, have fond memories of Leo’s work as bishop, but some question his record responding to abuse.

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

Archaeologists recently found the lost ruins of a ceremonial temple—covered in sand and 4,000 to 5,000 years old—in ...

Prevost was known in Peru as thoroughly unpretentious ... the director of the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham ...

He will be known as Pope Leo XIV. Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s ...

But the recent election of Pope Leo XIV, who for years served as a missionary in Peru, has rekindled hopes of official recognition -- and a shrine worthy of the Eucharistic miracle, the only one ...

He later spent two decades carrying out missionary work in Peru before Pope Francis called him back to Rome, where he served in powerful positions and was nicknamed the “Latin Yankee.” ...