Tag: Pope Leo XIV

• Thursday, May 8th 2025 - 18:35 UTC

  US Cardinal Robert Prevost becomes Pope Leo XIV

  

  US Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost Martínez was elected Thursday as the new head of the Catholic Church to succeed the Argentine Jorge Mario Bergoglio (Pope Francis). The new pontiff chose to be called Leo XIV. The first American pope, who belongs to the Order of St Augustine (OSA), also holds Peruvian citizenship after spending a large portion of his clergical life in the South American country.

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