POPE: Robert Prevost Named First American Pontiff In History

POPE: Robert Prevost Named First American Pontiff In History

Pope Leo XIV (born Robert Francis Prevost; September 14, 1955) is the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City. He is the first North American to be elected pope, the second pope to come from an English-speaking country (after Pope Adrian IV), and the first American and Peruvian pope. He is the first pope to belong to the Order of Saint Augustine, according to the Vatican. The Pope is the Bishop of Rome and the spiritual leader of the Roman Catholic Church, revered by millions of Catholics…

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