He will be known as Pope Leo XIV. Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, has been elected the first American pope in the ...

By Alek Buttermann The election of US Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, as the new head of the Catholic Church has placed Peru under an unexpected international spotlight. Prevost, an ...

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

For years, there were allegations of abuse within the hugely influential Catholic society Sodalitium Christianae Vitae (SCV), which had deep ties ... public. Prevost, who lived in Peru as a ...

Following the death of Pope Francis, a new Pope has been elected, and he’s someone who has some college ties to the United States of America. Known to many as the “Latin Yankee,” Robert Prevost—now ...

Here's what we know so far about Prevost's ties to Chicago and the Land of Lincoln ... Ordained in 1982, Prevost spent much of his clerical life in Peru, serving as Bishop of Chiclayo from ...