New pope's deliberate decision to identify with Peru in particular and the Global South generally is no accident

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvians were elated Thursday after a Catholic cardinal who spent years guiding the faithful in the South American country and who they see as one of their own was elected pope. Pope Leo XIV is a dual citizen of the United States and ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost from the United States has been elected the new pope of the Catholic Church, making him the 267th pope and the first American

Cheers, Chants and a ‘Dance of the Little Devils’ for Pope Leo in Peru People in the city of ... of the city’s past as its political identity changes. Britain’s Magic Circle: Last year ...

He later spent two decades carrying out missionary work in Peru before Pope Francis called him back ... Leo insisted that his identity remained rooted in service. “My vocation, like that of ...

ROME – The surprising election of the first American pope felt fraught and ... the most fundamental part of Leo’s identity may not be either his American or his Peruvian nationality, argued ...

While President Trump welcomed the U.S.-born cardinal as the new pope, top Trump allies criticized Leo XIV for his similarities to Pope Francis.