Robert Francis Prevost, a U.S. native and close ally of Pope Francis, was elected on Thursday as the Catholic Church’s 267th pontiff, taking the name Pope Leo XIV.
Once a missionary in Peru, he is the first American to hold the papacy.
Robert Francis Prevost, a U.S. native and close ally of Pope Francis, was elected on Thursday as the Catholic Church’s 267th pontiff, taking the name Pope Leo XIV.
Once a missionary in Peru, he is the first American to hold the papacy.
