In Pictures: From Chicago priest to new pope, the historic rise of Leo XIV

Robert Francis Prevost, aboriginal Pope Leo XIV, stands 4th from the near with his second-grade people astatine St. Mary of the Assumption School successful 1962. (St. Mary of the Assumption School)

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Robert Prevost – present Pope Leo XIV – pictured with Pope John Paul II successful an undated photo. (Augustinian Province of Our Mother of Good Counsel/Handout via Reuters)

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

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

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Archbishop Robert Francis Prevost receives the reddish biretta from Pope Francis during the consistory successful St. Peter's Square astatine the Vatican City, Vatican, connected Sept. 30, 2023. (Isabella Bonotto/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

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

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Robert Francis Prevost during the Ordinary Public Consistory for the Creation of caller Cardinal astatine St. Peter's Square connected Sept. 30, 2023 successful Vatican City, Vatican. (Vatican Media via Vatican Pool/Getty Images)

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Picture of the Our Lady of Monserrat Parish, successful Trujillo, bluish Peru, wherever Robert Francis Prevost was parish head from 1992 to 1999, taken connected the time of his predetermination arsenic the Catholic Church's 267th pontiff. (Steffano Palomino/AFP via Getty Images)

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Archbishop Robert Francis Prevost poses aft being elevated to the fertile of cardinal astatine the Vatican, Sept. 30, 2023. (Reuters/Yara Nardi)

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Archbishop Robert Francis Prevost and Cardinal Pietro Parolin be Palm Sunday Mass astatine St. Peter's Square connected April 13, 2025, successful Vatican City, Vatican. (Franco Origlia/Getty Images)

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Picture of the country astatine the Augustine convent Santo Tomas de Villanueva's chapel, wherever Robert Francis Prevost lived betwixt 1988 and 1998, successful Trujillo, successful bluish Peru, taken connected the time of his predetermination arsenic the Catholic Church's 267th pontiff. (Steffano Palomino/AFP via Getty Images)

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Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, present Pope Leo XIV, attended the 7th Novemdiales Mass astatine St. Peter's Basilica connected May 02, 2025 successful Vatican City, Vatican. (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images) (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images)

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The precocious Pope Francis greeted Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost during the Mass connected the Jubilee of The Armed Forces, Police and Security Personnel astatine St. Peter's Square connected Feb. 9, 2025 successful Vatican City, Vatican. (Vatican Media via Vatican Pool/Getty Images)

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

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Archbishop Robert Francis Prevost leads rosary prayers for the wellness of Pope Francis successful St Peter's Square connected March 3, 2025, successful Vatican City. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

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Cardinal Robert Prevost attended Holy Mass, celebrated for earlier the predetermination of a caller pope successful St. Peter’s Basilica, astatine the Vatican, May 7, 2025. (Reuters/Murad Sezer)

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Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost during a Pro Eligendo Romano Pontifice Mass up of the conclave, successful which helium and the different cardinal electors were called to elite a caller pope, astatine the Vatican connected May 7, 2025. (Riccardo De Luca/Anadolu via Getty Images)

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Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost led a supplication work successful St. Peter's Square, arsenic the precocious Pope Francis continued his hospitalization, astatine the Vatican, March 3, 2025. (Reuters/Hannah McKay)

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

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

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Father Ramiro Castillo, vicar superior of the Augustinians of the North, holds a representation depicting Robert Francis Prevost, who became Pope Leo XIV connected May 8, 2025, arsenic helium poses with attendees aft a wide successful his honour astatine the Our Lady of Monserrat Parish, wherever the caller pope was parish head from 1992 to 1999, successful Trujillo, bluish Peru, connected the time of his predetermination arsenic the Catholic Church's 267th pontiff. (Steffano Palomino/AFP via Getty Images)

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

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A idiosyncratic takes a representation of the puerility location of Pope Leo XIV successful Dolton, Illinois, connected May 9, 2025. (Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP via Getty Images)

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

Pope Leo XIV delivers the Regina Caeli supplication from the main cardinal loggia balcony of St Peter's basilica successful The Vatican, connected May 11, 2025. (Alberto Pizzoli/AFP via Getty Images)