The most recent popes come from different parts of the world:

• Pope Francis (Jorge Mario Bergoglio) was from Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was born there in 1936 to a family of Italian origin and was the first pope from the Americas and the Southern Hemisphere

• Pope Leo XIV (Robert Francis Prevost), who succeeded Pope Francis in 2025, was born in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is of French, Italian, and Spanish descent and spent many years as a missionary in Peru before becoming pope

Thus, recent popes have hailed from Latin America (Argentina) and North America (USA), reflecting the global nature of the Catholic Church today