The Chicago native became a Peruvian citizen in ... on Thursday said Leo’s election was a “historic moment” for Peru and the U.S. “He chose to be one of us, to live among us, and to ...

“I’ve lived in Chicago for many years. And that he is from both places makes me double proud,” Fernandez, 74, a retired doctor from northern Peru, said. Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, has a ...

Leo, 69, was chosen despite allegations that he mishandled clerical sexual abuse cases by priests in Chicago and Peru, accusations the Vatican denies. Pope Leo’s life begins in Chicago ...

The group alleged Prevost “harmed the vulnerable and caused scandal” by mishandling two situations – in Chicago in 2000, and in Peru in 2022 – involving priests accused of sexual abuse.

Born in Chicago in 1955 to parents with French ... He received priestly ordination in 1982, before being sent to Peru to work as a missionary, where he founded parishes, ran a seminary and ...

Born in Chicago in 1955, Prevost has held Peruvian nationality since 2015, Peru’s national register agency confirmed Thursday. In 2014, he served as the administrator and later bishop of ...

The newly elected Pope Leo XIV (C), the American Robert Prevost, appears on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican after the Papal Conclave. Oliver Weiken/dpa ...