US Cardinal Prevost to lead Catholic Church as Pope Leo XIV Dmytro Hubenko | Zac Crellin | Louis Oelofse | Alex Berry | Jon Shelton with AP, AFP, Reuters, dpa © 2025 Deutsche Welle

US Cardinal Prevost to lead Catholic Church as Pope Leo XIV Dmytro Hubenko | Zac Crellin | Louis Oelofse | Alex Berry | Jon Shelton with AP, AFP, Reuters, dpa Published 05/07/2025Published May 7, 2025last updated 32 minutes agolast updated 32 minutes ago Cardinal Robert Prevost has been announced as the next head of the Catholic Church. He is the first pope from the US and took the papal name Leo XIV. DW has more. https://www.dw.com/en/us-cardinal-robert-francis-prevost-to-lead-catholic-church-as-pope-leo-xiv/live-72450604 © 2025 Deutsche Welle