Xavier Junior Faviana Azalde Castro was confirmed by Pope Leo XIV when he was the arch bishop of Chicaylo, Peru.

In a country where over 90% of the population identifies as Christian—and nearly three-quarters as Catholic—the election of a new pope is more than a Vatican affair. It's personal.

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

Amid the mostly joyous reception for Robert Prevost, who stunned the world when he emerged from the loggia of St. Peter’s as ...

The U.S.-born pope spent about a dozen years as a missionary in Peru and returned there later to serve as a bishop.

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

Peruvians have expressed pride and surprise in one of their own becoming pontiff. Augustinians in the country have expressed ...

Eastern and Latin alike — who, above all in the Middle East, persevere and remain in their homelands,” Leo said May 14.

"The issue of work is of vital importance to the vast majority of people on the planet" and Pope Leo has made it clear that ...

As the Catholic Church welcomes its first American pope, here are 10 things to know about Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert F. Prevost.

A Chicago-based group filed complaints about him with Vatican officials, claiming Cardinal Robert Prevost fell short in his responses to allegations of abuse in there and in Peru ...

The bishop sat quietly near the front row, hands folded, listening as Indigenous leaders and church workers spoke about the threats to Peru's northern forests, a part of the Amazon rain forest. It was ...