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Pope Leo XIV

(Robert Francis Prevost)

May 8, 2025

Welcome, Pope Leo XIV!

O God, shepherd and ruler of all the faithful,
look favorably on your servant Pope Leo XIV,
whom you have set at the head of your Church as her shepherd;
grant, we pray, that by word and example

he may be of service to those over whom he presides
so that, together with the flock entrusted to his care,
he may come to everlasting life.

Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Pope Leo XIV was born Robert Francis Prevost in Chicago, IL, on September 14, 1955. He is the first American pope and the first Augustinian pope. In 1985, he was sent to Peru, where he earned his doctorate. He served there most of his career there and was Bishop of Chiclayo, Peru, from 2015 to 2023.

Pope Francis held him in high regard, making him Cardinal in the Consistory in September 2023, appointing him to the Dicasteries for Evangelization, the Doctrine of Faith, for the Eastern Churches, for the Clergy, for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, for Culture and Education, for Legislative Texts, and of the Pontifical Commission for the Vatican City State. He put him in charge of the Diaconate of Saint Monica in January 2024. He participated in Pope Francis’ apostolic journeys and in the first and second sessions of the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on synodality.

His election as pope took less than two days.

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