In a country where over 90% of the population identifies as Christian—and nearly three-quarters as Catholic—the election of a new pope is more than a Vatican affair. It's personal.

The U.S.-born pope spent about a dozen years as a missionary in Peru and returned there later to serve as a bishop.

As the Catholic Church welcomes its first American pope, here are 10 things to know about Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert F. Prevost.

Peruvians have celebrated the election of a man many knew as a missionary and bishop during his 2 decades of service in the ...

Prior to his elevation to the papacy, Leo XIV stayed out of the spotlight on certain reforms backed by his predecessor but ...