Pope Leo XIV was born Robert Francis Prevost in Chicago, United States. He became a friar in the Order of Saint Augustine in 1977 and was ordained a priest in 1982. He carried out missionary and church work in Peru, including serving as Bishop of Chiclayo, before returning to Rome and becoming a cardinal.

Prevost was elected pope in May 2025. In the news, the Vatican said he was recovering after surgery to remove the lower lobe of his right lung following a diagnosis of lung adenocarcinoma.