American Robert Francis Prevost was elected the 267th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church on 08 May 2025.
- He became the first pope from the United States and took the name Pope Leo XIV. Pope Leo XIV is the head of the Catholic Church and the sovereign of the Vatican City State.
About Robert Francis Prevost:
» Robert Francis Prevost was born on September 14, 1955 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
» Cardinals from around the world elected him as the leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics. He was elected as Pope Francis’s successor in the 2025 papal conclave.
» He used his first words from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican to speak of peace in the world and “a united church, always seeking peace and justice.” The new pontiff, who succeeds Argentine reformer Pope Francis, was introduced in Latin with his chosen papal name.
» Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, died on 21 April 2025 after suffering a stroke and cardiac arrest.