American-born Robert Francis Prevost, the cardinal who was elected pope on Thursday, overcame what many saw as long-shot odds for the papacy.
Here’s a brief timeline for the Roman Catholic Church leader now known as Pope Leo XIV.
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He receives a doctoral degree from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome, and the following year, he joins a mission in Trujillo, Peru.
