Rome. Pope Leo XIV, Latin: Leo PP. XIV, English: Leo XIV, Spanish: León XIV (born Robert Francis Prevost; Chicago, September 14, 1955), is the 267th Pope of the Catholic Church and Bishop of Rome, ninth Sovereign of the Vatican City State, and Primate of Italy, among other titles proper to the Roman Pontiff, since May 8, 2025. He holds dual citizenship of the United States and Peru, and is the second pope from the Americas (after his predecessor Francis), the first in history to be from the United States of America, and the first to belong to the Order of Saint Augustine. In addition to English, he speaks fluent Spanish, Italian, French, and Portuguese, and can read Latin and German.
