Meet Robert Prevost, the first-ever pope born in the US

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Pope Leo XIV holds 2 hands up with cardinals lasting adjacent to him

On May 8, 133 cardinals elected a caller pope.
Cardinal Robert Prevost volition beryllium known arsenic Pope Leo XIV.
Hailing from Chicago, he's the archetypal pope from the US.

On May 8, white fume emerged from the Sistine Chapel's chimney, indicating the College of Cardinals had elected a caller pope.

Cardinal Robert Prevost, from Chicago, was past introduced arsenic Pope Leo XIV.

He's the archetypal pope from the US and the 267th pope overall.

Here's what you request to cognize astir Pope Leo XIV.

Robert Prevost was calved successful Chicago successful 1955.

Pope Leo XIV wearing achromatic and reddish clasping his hands together

He's 69 years aged and grew up successful Chicago. He's besides a national of Peru, wherever helium served arsenic Archbishop of Chiclayo. He was 27 erstwhile helium became ordained successful 1982, The New York Times reported.

The caller pope has a doctorate and is multilingual.

Pope Leo XIV successful greenish and gangly achromatic chapeau holding his hands together

He studied astatine the Catholic Theological Union of Chicago and received his doc of canon instrumentality grade from the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas successful 1987.

Pope Leo XIV speaks English, Spanish, and Italian.

Pope Francis appointed him to an important position.

Pope Francis and Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost grin together

In 2023, the erstwhile pope appointed Cardinal Prevost to beryllium successful complaint of the Vatican bureau that oversees bishop nominations each implicit the world, the AP reported.

A radical of 133 cardinals elected him.

Cardinals of the Catholic Church astatine the predetermination conclave successful 2005 astatine the Vatican, Vatican City.

The process is known arsenic the conclave. It took 2 days and 4 rounds of voting for the cardinals to hold connected a caller pope, per the AP.

The caller pope gave his archetypal message.

Pope Leo XIV stands successful beforehand of a reddish curtain

Speaking from St. Peter's Basically balcony, Pope Leo XIV said, "Peace beryllium with each you" successful his archetypal words successful his caller role.

Some judge the caller pope volition proceed his agelong committedness to helping the poor.

"My acquisition of Cardinal Prevost was that he's not a showboat," Father Mark R. Francis, who worked with Pope Leo successful the past, precocious told CBS News. "He's precise calm, but highly intelligent, and highly compassionate."