Robert Francis Prevost Elected as 267th Pope
Will take the papal name Leo XIV
Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has been elected as the new Pope of the Catholic Church, succeeding Pope Francis, who passed away on April 21.
This is a historic day in the history of the Catholic Church as Prevost becomes the first Pope to be born in the United States. A native of Chicago, he joined the order of St. Augustine in 1977 and began to rise through the ranks in the mid-2010s when Pope Francis appointed him as Bishop for the Diocese of Chiclayo in Peru. In 2019, Prevost was appointed a member of the Congregation of Clergy in Rome. A year later, he was named a member of the Congregation of Bishops.
RFP earned his Bachelor of Science from Villanova University in Pennsylvania. RFP can speak English, French, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish. In addition, he can read in German and Latin.
Celebration has outpoured on X by numerous U.S. leaders, including Presidents Obama, Trump, and Biden, New York Congressman Mike Lawler, and Congressman Tom Kean. Considering RFP is from America, he should be making a trip out here very soon.
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Exciting times! Praying for him!