Marco Antonio Pedraza, a sixth-grade primary school teacher who migrated as a young man from the countryside to bustling Lima, used to spend his own money to purchase specialized teaching materials ...

LIMA, May 13 (Reuters) - Peruvian Prime Minister Gustavo Adrianzen resigned on Tuesday, a day before he was set to face a censure vote in Congress related to rising crime and the recent killing of ...

People in the city of Chiclayo, where Leo XIV served as bishop for about eight years, gathered to celebrate a man they see as one of their own. A dance performance in front of the cathedral in ...

NEW BEDFORD – A woman was arrested after attempting to enter the Hastings Keith Federal Building with an American flag and a can of gasoline which she then poured on the flag and attempted to ...

CHICLAYO, Peru — Walkiria Garcia was 14 years old when she made her confirmation in the Catholic Church, an already significant religious sacrament made even more unforgettable by the man ...

VATICAN CITY — Two and a half years ago, Pope Francis was trying to fill a big job. For decades, that position — heading the powerful office that helps vet and select bishops — had gone to ...

Six weeks before American Cardinal Robert Prevost became Pope Leo XIV, the activist group Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) filed a complaint against him, along with other church ...

But according to John, the Pope, who is a fan of Wordle and the Chicago White Sox baseball team, had always only ever wanted to be a missionary. He didn't want to be a bishop or a cardinal, let ...

FILE - Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops, poses for a photo at the end of the consistory where Pope Francis elevated 21 new cardinals in St. Peter's Square at ...

ROME — Robert Prevost broke a historical taboo against American popes with a path that was anything but typically American. Though the man now called Leo XIV is a Chicago native, he is known in ...

An ancient society in the Peruvian Andes likely used psychoactive drugs during exclusive rituals that may have helped establish social and political hierarchies seen later throughout the region ...