New Pope Named Leo XIV: Robert Francis Prevost Gives First Blessing

US Cardinal Francis Prevost is the new Pope. He has chosen the name Leo, and he is Leo XIV. This was announced by Cardinal Dominique Mamberti after the conclave on the balcony of St. Peter's Square.

US Cardinal Francis Prevost is the new Pope

The new Pope is the 267th head of the Catholic Church since Saint Peter. The 69-year-old Prevost is the first American to become Pope.

Prevost most recently led the Vatican department for bishops, essentially the human resources department of the global Catholic Church. From 2002 to 2013, he was the General Prior, the worldwide leader of the Augustinian Order. After that, he led the Diocese of Chiclayo in Peru, was the second vice president of the Peruvian Bishops' Conference before Pope Francis brought him to the Curia in the Vatican in 2023.

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