Peruvians in Chicago are celebrating the election of Pope Leo XIV, a Chicagoan who spent two decades of service in Peru, as the elevation of one of their own. “We have an American Peruvian pope,” said ...

This week, Peruvian officials are set to consider the creation of a sprawling reserve in the country’s Amazon basin to protect groups of Indigenous people living in isolation from the rest of society.

LIMA — Each month, Czibor Chicata-Sutmöller issues scores of visas to Utahns preparing to serve Latter-day Saint missions to Peru. The consul general of Peru in Salt Lake City said his daily duty of ...

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.

Leo XIV, the first pope born in the United States, is also claimed by the Peruvian people whom he served for over two decades as one of their own. Then known as Robert Francis Prevost, he lived and ...

Pope Leo XIV is truly a pope of the Americas. He's a dual citizen, of the United States and Peru, where people are ecstatic about his elevation to pontiff. People in Peru are also celebrating since ...