Pope Leo XIV is the first American pope. Where are other recent popes from?
Updated: 1:52 PM CDT May 8, 2025
Pope Leo XIV is the first American pope. Where are other recent popes from?
Updated: 1:52 PM CDT May 8, 2025
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Pope Leo XIV is the first American pope. Where are other recent popes from?
Updated: 1:52 PM CDT May 8, 2025
Cardinal Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, was elected the first pope from the United States on the second day of the conclave Thursday.Leo was born in Chicago and has dual citizenship in the United States and Peru.He marks the fourth in a row from a country other than Italy. Francis was born in Argentina, Benedict XVI in Germany and John Paul II in Poland.Since 1800, 13 out of now 17 popes were from Italy, according to data from the Vatican's Holy See.PHNjcmlwdCB0eXBlPSJ0ZXh0L2phdmFzY3JpcHQiPiFmdW5jdGlvbigpeyJ1c2Ugc3RyaWN0Ijt3aW5kb3cuYWRkRXZlbnRMaXN0ZW5lcigibWVzc2FnZSIsKGZ1bmN0aW9uKGUpe2lmKHZvaWQgMCE9PWUuZGF0YVsiZGF0YXdyYXBwZXItaGVpZ2h0Il0pe3ZhciB0PWRvY3VtZW50LnF1ZXJ5U2VsZWN0b3JBbGwoImlmcmFtZSIpO2Zvcih2YXIgYSBpbiBlLmRhdGFbImRhdGF3cmFwcGVyLWhlaWdodCJdKWZvcih2YXIgcj0wO3I8dC5sZW5ndGg7cisrKXtpZih0W3JdLmNvbnRlbnRXaW5kb3c9PT1lLnNvdXJjZSl0W3JdLnN0eWxlLmhlaWdodD1lLmRhdGFbImRhdGF3cmFwcGVyLWhlaWdodCJdW2FdKyJweCJ9fX0pKX0oKTs8L3NjcmlwdD4=
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Cardinal Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, was elected the first pope from the United States on the second day of the conclave Thursday.
Leo was born in Chicago and has dual citizenship in the United States and Peru.
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He marks the fourth in a row from a country other than Italy. Francis was born in Argentina, Benedict XVI in Germany and John Paul II in Poland.
Since 1800, 13 out of now 17 popes were from Italy, according to data from the Vatican's Holy See.