Peruvians are elated after a Catholic cardinal who spent years guiding the faithful in the South American country was elected pope and hoped he will visit them soon in his new role.

After Pope Leo XIV’s election on May 8, a new survey shows the percentage of Catholics continues to decrease in Peru.

About 450 people from across the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis gathered at Cretin-Derham Hall in St. Paul June 7 to ...

The joy of the largest community of Peruvian faithful outside of Peru, found in Paterson, New Jersey, is impossible to ...

Peru's president, Dina Boluarte, described Pope Leo as Peruvian "by choice and conviction". "The pope is Peruvian; God loves Peru," she said. Born in Chicago in 1955, he is the son of Louis Marius ...

The plaza in front of the cathedral was outfitted with an outdoor ... de los Milagros to his love for the Peruvian saints: Rose of Lima, Martin de Porres, Francis Solano, John Macias, and Toribio ...

Robert Prevost, a native of Chicago, is a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s office of bishops.

Bells tolled around the city. Catholics at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Lima, Peru, celebrate the election of US-Peruvian Robert Prevost as Pope. Source: EFE / Renato Pajuelo / EPA / AAP "We are ...

Leaders called the decision from the conclave “a powerful moment for the Catholic Church — and for American Catholics.” ...

What civilized the rambunctious outpost was the arrival of pilots’ families, whose numbers turned the Balize into the largest ...

TOLEDO — Bishop Daniel Thomas will ordain three priests from Northwest Ohio at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 24 at Our Lady, Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Cathedral, 2535 Collingwood Blvd., Toledo.