{"id":242199,"date":"2025-05-09T00:04:37","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T23:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/who-is-robert-prevost-the-new-pope-leo-xiv-bbc-news\/"},"modified":"2025-05-09T00:04:37","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T23:04:37","slug":"who-is-robert-prevost-the-new-pope-leo-xiv-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/who-is-robert-prevost-the-new-pope-leo-xiv-bbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is Robert Prevost, the new Pope Leo XIV? | BBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/P5q1y_ls2OM\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Who is Robert Prevost, the new Pope Leo XIV? | BBC News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P5q1y_ls2OM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Robert Prevost, 69, will be the 267th occupant of the throne of St Peter and he will be known as Leo XIV.<\/p>\n<p>He is the first American to fill the role of Pope, although he is considered as much a cardinal from Latin America because of the many years he spent as a missionary in Peru, before becoming a bishop there.<\/p>\n<p>Born in Chicago in 1955 to parents of Spanish and Franco-Italian descent, Prevost served as an altar boy and was ordained as a priest in 1982. 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