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Bishop Edinson Farfán of Chiclayo, Peru, is publicly defending the actions of his predecessor, now Pope Leo XIV, in the face ...

Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected Thursday by the conclave to serve as pope, becoming Pope Leo XIV at the age ...

CHICLAYO, Peru — The people of northern Peru call him el obispo. Sometimes he is also Padre Prevost . Maybe when the shock ...

Peru's president, Dina Boluarte, described Pope Leo as Peruvian "by choice and conviction". "The pope is Peruvian; God loves ...

The small city of Chiclayo in northern Peru was bustling with excitement on Friday (May 9), with businesses and locals ...

Peruvians are elated after a Catholic cardinal who spent years guiding the faithful in the South American country was elected ...

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

CHICLAYO, Peru (Reuters) -The small city of Chiclayo ... The new head of the global Roman Catholic Church was born in Chicago, but spent decades in Peru. He first arrived in 1985 as a young ...

Before ascending to lead the Roman Catholic ... Church, Leo spent his childhood in Chicago’s South Side, where his family was beloved. He later spent two decades carrying out missionary work in ...

A dance performance in front of the cathedral in Chiclayo, Peru, after a Mass in honor of ... costumes swirling on the steps of his former church. In between, there was a Mass, communion, many ...

A Catholic charity helping suffering Christians worldwide has highlighted its long-standing - and fruitful - collaboration ...