Pope Leo XIV’s American and Peruvian experience offers a compelling moral and economic lens through which to examine the ...

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"The pope is Peruvian; God loves Peru," she said. Follow our live updates Pope Leo XIV marks new beginning for Catholic Church Continuity the key for Pope seen as unifier in the Church Who is the ...

Born in the U.S., forged in Peru, chosen in Rome, Leo XIV will helm a church facing debt, division and decline ...

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 missionary in the mostly impoverished north, spending many of ...

In Peru's capital, Lima ... one of the most important jobs in the Catholic Church. “He will be very sensitive to the social doctrine of the Church and will undoubtedly be attentive to the ...

They were church leaders elevated ... and diocesan bishop in Peru. Other papal possibilities included Cardinal Anders Arborelius, the leader of a tiny Catholic community in a largely Lutheran ...

In Peru, he served as a prior ... Despite being elevated to one of the most powerful offices within the Catholic Church, Leo insisted that his identity remained rooted in service.

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It’s not coincidental that Pope Francis chose me. I’ve been a missionary my whole life and I was working in Peru, but I am ...

In a historic moment reverberating from the Vatican to the streets of Monrovia, the Catholic Church in Liberia has joined ...