
Pope Leo XIV, born Robert Francis Prevost on September 14, 1955, in Chicago, Illinois, His father was a US Navy veteran who fought in WW2. His mother was a librarian.
- He made history on May 8, 2025, by becoming the 267th pope of the Roman Catholic Church and the first American to hold the papacy.
- He completed his secondary studies at the minor seminary of the Order of St. Augustine before earning his Bachelor of Science in mathematics at Villanova University.
- Prevost speaks multiple languages, including English, Spanish, Italian, French, and Portuguese.
- He spent much of his career in Peru, serving as a missionary and seminary teacher.
- He was appointed by Pope Francis in 2023 to recommend bishop nominations worldwide.
- He is the first American-born pope in history.
- Prevost has shared pro-immigration posts to his X account in the past.
- He opposes the “promotion of gender ideology” because it “is confusing, because it seeks to create genders that don’t exist.” (Source: Advocate)
- He previously called out Western news media for fostering “sympathy for beliefs and practices that are at odds with the gospel.”
- He specifically called out the “homos*xual lifestyle” and “alternative families comprised of same-s*x partners and their adopted children.”
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