Leo XIV is first US-born pope

(JNS) - Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, 69, a Chicago native, was elected as the new pope of the Catholic Church on May 8. He will be called Leo XIV.

The first U.S.-born pope is also a Peruvian citizen and was previously archbishop of Peru, the Associated Press reported.

Most recently, the new pope was prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops and president of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America, "one of the most important jobs in the Catholic Church," the AP reported, as "the powerful head of the office that vets bishop nominations from around the world."

Prevost had "a prominence going i...