BBC Gossip
  • Home
  • Health
  • News
  • Crime
  • Local News
  • People
  • Guest Post
BBC Gossip
BBC Gossip
  • Home
  • News
  • Health
  • People
  • Celebrities
  • Crime
  • Entertainment
  • Finance
  • Guest Post
Home Photos: The incredible journey of Leo XIV from priest in Chicago to becoming the new pope
  • US

Photos: The incredible journey of Leo XIV from priest in Chicago to becoming the new pope

    World leaders congratulate Pope Leo XIV, first American pontiff
    Up next
    ‘Heart Eyes’ Ending Explained: Who Is the Killer?
    Understanding the Conclusion of ‘Heart Eyes’: Revealing the Identity of the Murderer
    Published on 12 May 2025
    Author
    BBC Gossip

    <!–>

    –>


    Published
    May 12, 2025 4:07pm EDT

    • Pope Leo XIV

      Image 1 of 25

      Robert Francis Prevost, who would later become Pope Leo XIV, can be seen in this photo standing fourth from the left along with his second-grade class at St. Mary of the Assumption School in 1962. The image is courtesy of St. Mary of the Assumption School.

    • Pope John Paul II meets the future Pope Leo XIV

      Image 2 of 25

      In another photograph, Robert Prevost, now serving as Pope Leo XIV, is captured alongside Pope John Paul II in a picture of unspecified date. This image is provided by the Augustinian Province of Our Mother of Good Counsel/Handout via Reuters.

    • Pope John Paul II meets the future Pope Leo XIV

      Image 3 of 25

      Robert Prevost seen in an undated image with Pope John Paul II. (Augustinian Province of Our Mother of Good Counsel/Handout via Reuters)

    • Pope John Paul II meets the future Pope Leo XIV

      Image 4 of 25

      Undated picture of Robert Prevost with Pope John Paul II. (Augustinian Province of Our Mother of Good Counsel/Handout via Reuters)

    • Pope Leo XIV at mass

      Image 5 of 25

      Archbishop Robert Francis Prevost is depicted receiving the red biretta from Pope Francis during the consistory held in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican City, Vatican, on September 30, 2023. The moment was captured by Isabella Bonotto/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images.

    • Pope Leo XIV parish

      Image 6 of 25

      The exterior of the shuttered St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church, which Pope Leo XIV attended while growing up in Dolton, Illinois, on May 9, 2025. (Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP via Getty Images)

    • Pope Leo XIV and Francis

      Image 7 of 25

      Robert Francis Prevost during the Ordinary Public Consistory for the Creation of new Cardinal at St. Peter’s Square on Sept. 30, 2023 in Vatican City, Vatican. (Vatican Media via Vatican Pool/Getty Images)

    • Pope Leo XIV church

      Image 8 of 25

      Picture of the Our Lady of Monserrat Parish, in Trujillo, northern Peru, where Robert Francis Prevost was parish administrator from 1992 to 1999, taken on the day of his election as the Catholic Church’s 267th pontiff. (Steffano Palomino/AFP via Getty Images)

    • Pope Leo XIV as cardinal

      Image 9 of 25

      Archbishop Robert Francis Prevost poses after being elevated to the rank of cardinal at the Vatican, Sept. 30, 2023. (Reuters/Yara Nardi)

    • Pope Leo XIV at Vatican

      Image 10 of 25

      Archbishop Robert Francis Prevost and Cardinal Pietro Parolin attend Palm Sunday Mass at St. Peter’s Square on April 13, 2025, in Vatican City, Vatican. (Franco Origlia/Getty Images)

    • Pope Leo XIV room

      Image 11 of 25

      Picture of the room at the Augustine convent Santo Tomas de Villanueva’s chapel, where Robert Francis Prevost lived between 1988 and 1998, in Trujillo, in northern Peru, taken on the day of his election as the Catholic Church’s 267th pontiff. (Steffano Palomino/AFP via Getty Images)

    • Pope Leo XIV in miter

      Image 12 of 25

      Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, attended the 7th Novemdiales Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica on May 02, 2025 in Vatican City, Vatican. (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images) (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images)

    • Pope Leo XIV in green robe

      Image 13 of 25

      The late Pope Francis greeted Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost during the Mass on the Jubilee of The Armed Forces, Police and Security Personnel at St. Peter’s Square on Feb. 9, 2025 in Vatican City, Vatican. (Vatican Media via Vatican Pool/Getty Images)

    • Pope Leo XIV in black

      Image 14 of 25

      Archbishop Robert Francis Prevost attends the funeral of Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square on April 26, 2025 in Vatican City, Vatican. (Franco Origlia/Getty Images)

    • Pope Leo XIV leads rosary

      Image 15 of 25

      Archbishop Robert Francis Prevost leads rosary prayers for the health of Pope Francis in St Peter’s Square on March 3, 2025, in Vatican City. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

    • Pope Leo XIV with cardinals

      Image 16 of 25

      Cardinal Robert Prevost attended Holy Mass, celebrated for before the election of a new pope in St. Peter’s Basilica, at the Vatican, May 7, 2025. (Reuters/Murad Sezer)

    • Pope Leo XIV at prayer

      Image 17 of 25

      Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost during a Pro Eligendo Romano Pontifice Mass ahead of the conclave, in which he and the other cardinal electors were called to elect a new pope, at the Vatican on May 7, 2025. (Riccardo De Luca/Anadolu via Getty Images)

    • Pope Leo XIV leads service

      Image 18 of 25

      Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost led a prayer service in St. Peter’s Square, as the late Pope Francis continued his hospitalization, at the Vatican, March 3, 2025. (Reuters/Hannah McKay)

    • Pope Leo XIV on balcony

      Image 19 of 25

      Newly elected Pope Leo XIV appears on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica, at the Vatican, May 8, 2025. (Reuters/Yara Nardi)

    • Pope Leo XIV waves

      Image 20 of 25

      Pope Leo XIV waves from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica, at the Vatican, May 8, 2025. (Reuters/Guglielmo Mangiapane)

    • Friends in Peru

      Image 21 of 25

      Father Ramiro Castillo, vicar superior of the Augustinians of the North, holds a picture depicting Robert Francis Prevost, who became Pope Leo XIV on May 8, 2025, as he poses with attendees after a mass in his honour at the Our Lady of Monserrat Parish, where the new pope was parish administrator from 1992 to 1999, in Trujillo, northern Peru, on the day of his election as the Catholic Church’s 267th pontiff. (Steffano Palomino/AFP via Getty Images)

    • Pope Leo XIV greets cardinals

      Image 22 of 25

      Pope Leo XIV leads the Pro Ecclesia Mass in the Sistine Chapel, on May 9, 2025 in Vatican City, Vatican. (Vatican Media/Vatican Pool – Corbis/Getty Images)

    • Pope Leo XIV's childhood home

      Image 23 of 25

      A person takes a picture of the childhood home of Pope Leo XIV in Dolton, Illinois, on May 9, 2025. (Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP via Getty Images)

    • Pope Leo XIV addresses the College of Cardinals

      Image 24 of 25

      Pope Leo XIV meets the College of Cardinals in the New Synod Hall at the Vatican, Saturday, May 10, 2025. (Vatican Media via AP)

    • Pope Leo XIV delivers the Regina Caeli prayer from the main central loggia balcony of St Peter's basilica in The Vatican, on May 11, 2025. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP) (Photo by ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP via Getty Images)

      Image 25 of 25

      Pope Leo XIV delivers the Regina Caeli prayer from the main central loggia balcony of St Peter’s basilica in The Vatican, on May 11, 2025. (Alberto Pizzoli/AFP via Getty Images)

    <!–>

    –>
    You May Also Like
    'One Big Beautiful' bill Senate vote: NC Senator Thom Tillis won't seek reelection after vote against Donald Trump's spending bill
    • US

    North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis decides not to run for re-election after voting against Donald Trump’s spending bill in ‘One Big Beautiful’ Senate vote

    RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis announced Sunday afternoon that…
    • BBC Gossip
    • June 29, 2025
    CNN's Scott Jennings rips liberal apart by using her own words against her
    • US

    Scott Jennings from CNN criticizes a liberal by using her own words against her

    CNN’s Scott Jennings ripped a liberal apart by using her own words…
    • BBC Gossip
    • June 29, 2025
    World's biggest celebrities turn out in force in outrageous outfits for Lauren Sanchez and Jeff Bezos' final wedding party... with a bizarre theme
    • US

    “Top Celebrities Dress up in Extravagant Outfits at Lauren Sanchez and Jeff Bezos’ Last Wedding Bash with Unusual Theme”

    Some of the early attendees at the final evening of Lauren Sanchez…
    • BBC Gossip
    • June 28, 2025
    Lifeguard Charles Leto, 55, charged with murder after Laquan McDonald's cousin shot, Marjay Dotson killed at Douglass Park: report
    • US

    55-year-old Lifeguard Charles Leto faces murder charges following the shooting of Marjay Dotson, Laquan McDonald’s cousin, at Douglass Park, as per reports.

    CHICAGO (WLS) — A lifeguard has now been charged with murder and…
    • BBC Gossip
    • June 28, 2025
    Uncomfortable staff in the background of Lauren Sanchez's bridal photos go viral
    • US

    Awkward employees caught in the background of Lauren Sanchez’s wedding pictures become an internet sensation

    Behind-the-scenes snapshots of Lauren Sanchez and Jeff Bezos’ wedding have started going…
    • BBC Gossip
    • June 29, 2025
    Israel-Iran latest: Week of shifting descriptions of US attack on Iran spark ongoing questions about extent of damage, goals
    • US

    Ongoing Questions Arise from Shifting Descriptions of US Attack on Iran amid Israel-Iran Latest Developments

    WASHINGTON — A week after President Donald Trump ordered a U.S. attack…
    • BBC Gossip
    • June 28, 2025
    Putin visits Kursk region for first time since booting Ukrainian forces from territory
    • US

    Ukraine reports that Russia initiated its most extensive air assault of the conflict

    NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Russia launched its biggest…
    • BBC Gossip
    • June 29, 2025
    Boat catches fire near Cape Canaveral, passengers saved
    • US

    Passengers rescued as boat catches fire close to Cape Canaveral.

    NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! First responders rescued four…
    • BBC Gossip
    • June 29, 2025
    ABC7 Chicago to celebrate 2025 Pride Parade with live broadcast Sunday; Tanja Babich, Hosea Sanders, Jason Knowles to host
    • US

    ABC7 Chicago to host live broadcast of 2025 Pride Parade with Tanja Babich, Hosea Sanders, and Jason Knowles

    CHICAGO (WLS) — ABC7 Chicago is set to commemorate the 54th annual…
    • BBC Gossip
    • June 28, 2025
    Tropical Storms Barry and Flossie form off Mexico's southeast and southwest coasts
    • US

    Formation of Tropical Storms Barry and Flossie on the southeastern and southwestern coasts of Mexico

    MIAMI — Tropical Storm Barry formed Sunday near Mexico’s southeast coast and…
    • BBC Gossip
    • June 29, 2025
    Celebrity guests leave Venice following Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez’s $50M wedding
    • US

    Famous visitors depart Venice after Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez’s $50 million wedding

    Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez recently wrapped up their wedding weekend in…
    • BBC Gossip
    • June 29, 2025
    The leak that threatened to derail Trump's Iran strike... Susie Wiles's secret role... and a nail-biting final phone call, all now revealed
    • US

    Revealed: The Leak that Almost Stopped Trump’s Iran Attack, Susie Wiles’ Hidden Involvement, and a Tense Last-minute Call

    After getting off Marine One on Saturday evening, President Donald Trump, wearing…
    • BBC Gossip
    • June 28, 2025

    Recent Posts

    • GOP Senator Thom Tillis has decided not to run for reelection in 2026.
    • Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce Spotted Hand in Hand on Romantic Outing Amid Ex’s Public Taunts
    • North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis decides not to run for re-election after voting against Donald Trump’s spending bill in ‘One Big Beautiful’ Senate vote
    • Iran refuses inspection of nuclear sites, insists on continuing uranium enrichment despite concerns about imminent nuclear weapon development.
    • Over 1 million travelers forecasted at Orlando International Airport before July 4th
    New: GOP Senator Thom Tillis Won't Seek Reelection in 2026
    • US

    GOP Senator Thom Tillis has decided not to run for reelection in 2026.

    The main legislation of President Trump, known as the One Big Beautiful…
    • BBC Gossip
    • June 29, 2025
    Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce hold hands on romantic date as her bitter ex mocks her publicly
    • US

    Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce Spotted Hand in Hand on Romantic Outing Amid Ex’s Public Taunts

    On their way to dinner in Manhattan, Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce…
    • BBC Gossip
    • June 29, 2025
    'One Big Beautiful' bill Senate vote: NC Senator Thom Tillis won't seek reelection after vote against Donald Trump's spending bill
    • US

    North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis decides not to run for re-election after voting against Donald Trump’s spending bill in ‘One Big Beautiful’ Senate vote

    RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis announced Sunday afternoon…
    • BBC Gossip
    • June 29, 2025
    Inspectors BLOCKED from nuke sites as Iran says they will never stop enriching uranium amid fears bomb is ‘months away’
    • News

    Iran refuses inspection of nuclear sites, insists on continuing uranium enrichment despite concerns about imminent nuclear weapon development.

    Iran has refused access to inspectors to its nuclear facilities and has…
    • BBC Gossip
    • June 29, 2025
    BBC Gossip
    • Home
    • Privacy Policy
    • News
    • Local News
    • Health
    • Crime
    • Guest Post