About This Trend

Robert Francis Prevost is an American Catholic prelate who has served as the prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops. He was born on September 14, 1955, in Chicago, Illinois.

He is trending because he has been elected as the new Pope of the Catholic Church, taking the name Pope Leo XIV. This is a historic moment as he is the first American to be elected to the papacy, marking a significant shift in the leadership of the global Catholic Church. .

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