When he entered the papal conclave after the death of Pope Francis, on 7 May 2025, did Cardinal Prevost OSA suspect that he would be elected as the pope the following day? An American who was a missionary in Peru for many years, he was till his election, the Prefect for the Dicastery of Bishops in the Vatican. This first biography of Pope Leo XIV is a translation of hot-off-the press book published in French which was release in French in mid-May 2025.