Successor to Pope Francis, who died on April 21, American Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has just been elected pope by the 133 cardinal electors at the end of a two-day conclave. Taking the name Leo XIV, he stands out for his commitment to peace and his support for the underprivileged.
Habemus papam! On Thursday May 8, white smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel in Rome. Robert Francis Prevost became the Church’s new pontiff at the age of 69. He becomes the first American pope in history, the figurehead of 1.4 billion Catholics worldwide, or 18% of the population.
Priest in 1982
Born in 1955 in Chicago, USA, to a family of French, Italian and Spanish ancestry, Robert Francis Prevost attended the minor seminary of the Order of Saint Augustine in 1973. After earning a Bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Villanova University near Philadelphia in 1977, he entered the Augustinians that same year, taking his first vows in 1978 and solemn vows in 1981.
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