After just one day of loneliness in the Vatican, the cardinals finished papal papal conclave 2025 election of the new pontiff. The man is chosen, Cardinal Robert PrevostIt will be known as Pope Leo XIV – the first pope from the United States.
That's what to know about him.
What was the entry of Pope Leo XIV as Cardinal Robert Prevost?
Born in Chicago Cardinal Robert Prevost is the first Pope in the history of the Church. He is also a citizen of Peru, where he worked for many years.
Prevost was the head of the church for the bishops, which means that he oversee the choice of new bishops.
In general, he is considered a centrist, but on many social issues he perceived as progressive, perceiving marginalized groups such as Francis who advocated migrants and the poor. But, for example, prevost advocates the gift of women as deacons, so it is considered as conservative in the doctrine of the church.
He chose the papal name Leowhich was used by 13 previous popes. The most recent, Pope Leo XIII, which served from 1878 to 1903.
Where did Pope Leo XIV get?
Pope Leo XIV was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1955. Ended in University of Vilanov in Pennsylvania With a degree of mathematics, then studied theology in the Catholic Theological Union of Chicago.
When he was 27 years old, he was sent to Rome to study, and he was ordained as a priest in 1982. He then went to work as a missionary Peru. He returned to the United States for several years, and then returned to Peru, where he ran the Augustine seminary to Truhil.
In 2014, Pope Francis was appointed Apostolic Administrator of the Chikkloy Diocese in Peru. A year later, he became a bishop.
Pope Francis made him a cardinal in 2023.
President Trump, Mayor of Chicago, congratulate the new pope
President Trump posted a message on social networks Congratulating the first Pope US.
“Congratulations to Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, who is simply called the Pope. It is such an honor that he is the first American Pope. What a great honor for our country. I look forward to meeting Pope Leo XIV. It will be a very significant moment!”
Hometown Prevost, Chicagoalso celebrated his elections with Mayor Brandon Johnson twitch: “Everything Dope, including the Pope, comes from Chicago!”
“Congratulations on the first American Pope Leo XIV! We hope to congratulate you quickly,” Johnson wrote.
Why do the Pope change their names?
The first act of the new pope after he is chosen is to choose a new name. This should mean that his attitude by the Pontiffs is like a second birth, the Vatican said. In addition, in the early years of Christianity, many Pope changed their names because their birth names were pagan origin.
The precedent, who chose a new name, was established by the first Pope of St. Peter, whose name was Simon.
But not all Pope chose new names. Of the 267 popes, only 129 have chosen new names throughout history, the Vatican reports.
How do Pope choose their names?
Pope sometimes chose the name of the recent predecessor from respect or indicate the desire to continue their traces, the Vatican said. Others choose a name that is not related to any recent predecessors to show their desire to innovate.
The choice often reflects the attributes that they hope to embody in their papost.
The name chosen by the new Pope will “indicate a certain spirit and direction and vision of the new pope,” said Dennis Doyle, theologian and professor of religious studies at the University of Daiton.
For example, Pope Francis became the first Pope in the history to accept this name, nodded at St. Francis Assisi. In Catholic traditionSt. Francis Assisi had a mystical vision of Jesus, who ordered the restoration of the church. He also abandoned his wealth and founded the Franciscan Order of the Brothers in 1290.