I met the man who would become Pope Leo XIV in October 2023. We were standing outside the Vatican’s Synod Hall, and from my short conversation with Cardinal Robert Prevost, I could tell he was a good listener,

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

By Alek Buttermann The election of US Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, as the new head of the Catholic Church has placed Peru under an unexpected international spotlight. Prevost, an American-born cardinal who holds Peruvian nationality,