What to Know About Pope Leo XIV

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Robert Prevost arrives on the main central loggia balcony of the St Peter's Basilica for the first time, after the cardinals ended the conclave, in The Vatican, on May 8, 2025. Alberto Pizzoli/AFP via Getty Images

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected the first American-born pope on May 8, becoming Pope Leo XIV.  

Pope Leo was born on Sept. 14, 1955, in Chicago, Illinois, as one of three children to Louis Prevost and Mildred Martinez. He has two brothers.