Profile of Pope Leo XIV, the First American Pope

Profile of Pope Leo XIV, the First American Pope

Vatican Metropolis – Could 8, 2025 – Cardinal Robert Prevost, a 69-year-old American missionary and bishop, was elected the 267th pope of the Catholic Church on Could 8, 2025, taking the identify Pope Leo XIV. His election, marked by white smoke from the Sistine Chapel, makes him the primary American pontiff within the Church’s 2,000-year … Read more