Editing Openai/695fea2e-aa4c-8002-ba9b-c77bcb74c5ee (section)

=== Assistant: You are correct that Pope Francis died in 2025 and is no longer pope. ===
You are correct that Pope Francis died in 2025 and is no longer pope. After his death on April 21, 2025, the College of Cardinals held a conclave to elect his successor. Wikipedia<ref>{{cite web|title=Wikipedia|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Francis|publisher=en.wikipedia.org|access-date=2026-01-09}}</ref>

Here’s the current, verified situation:
# There ''is'' a Pope Leo XIV.
* After Pope Francis’s death, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, a Chicago-born American, was elected as the new pope in May 2025. He took the papal name Pope Leo XIV. Wikipedia<ref>{{cite web|title=Wikipedia|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_conclave|publisher=en.wikipedia.org|access-date=2026-01-09}}</ref>
# Pope Leo XIV ''is'' the first American pope.
* Robert Francis Prevost is the first pope born in the United States. Wikipedia<ref>{{cite web|title=Wikipedia|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Leo_XIV|publisher=en.wikipedia.org|access-date=2026-01-09}}</ref>

That means Pope Leo XIV ''is'' the first American pope, and his accession followed the death of Pope Francis and the subsequent conclave in 2025. Wikipedia<ref>{{cite web|title=Wikipedia|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_conclave|publisher=en.wikipedia.org|access-date=2026-01-09}}</ref>

If you’d like a summary of his background or what his election might mean for the Catholic Church, just let me know!