Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of the United States has been elected the 267th pope and has stepped onto the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica as the new leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics.
He’s now known as Pope Leo XIV.
Prevost, 69, from Chicago, Illinois, is the first ever pope from the United States.
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this post was submitted on 08 May 2025
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His mother was Spanish. Son of an immigrant, that alone is already a message for the United States of 2025