Editing List of popes (section)

==== 21st century ====
{{pope list begin|title=Popes of the 21st century}}
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| 265<br>[[File:Coat of arms of Benedictus XVI.svg|40px]]
| [[2005 papal conclave|19 April 2005]] –<br>[[Resignation of Pope Benedict XVI|28 February 2013]]<br>{{small|({{Age in years and days|2005|04|19|2013|02|28}})}}
| [[File:Pope Benedict XVI, Berlin – 2011 (cropped).jpg|80px]]
| '''[[Pope Benedict XVI|Benedict XVI]]'''<br>{{small|'''BENEDICTVS''' Sextus Decimus}}
| Joseph Alois Ratzinger
| 16 April 1927 [[Marktl]], [[Bavaria]], [[Weimar Republic|Germany]]
|78 / 85 (†95)
| Motto: {{lang|la|Cooperatores veritatis}} {{small|("Cooperators of the truth")}}
German citizen; first German pope since [[Pope Stephen IX|Stephen IX]] (1057–1058). Promoted the use of [[Latin]] and reintroduced several papal garments that had fallen into disuse. [[Summorum Pontificum|Elevated]] the [[Tridentine Mass]] to a more prominent position (2007). Authorized the formation of the [[Anglican ordinariate]]s (2009). First pope to [[Papal renunciation|renounce the papacy]] since [[Pope Gregory XII|Gregory XII]] (1415); first to do so on his own initiative since [[Pope Celestine V|Celestine V]] (1294),<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/feb/11/benedict-placehold-pope-weakened-church |title=Benedict, the placeholder pope who leaves a battered, weakened church |work=The Guardian |date=11 February 2013 | access-date=12 February 2013 |author=Brown, Andrew | archive-date=1 March 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130301180614/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/feb/11/benedict-placehold-pope-weakened-church | url-status=live}}</ref> becoming [[pope emeritus]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pianigiani |first1=Gaia |last2=Povoledo |first2=Elisabetta |title=Benedict XVI to Keep His Name and Become Pope Emeritus |work=The New York Times |date=27 February 2013 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/27/world/europe/benedict-xvi-to-keep-his-name-and-become-pope-emeritus.html|access-date=27 February 2017|archive-date=21 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180721162208/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/27/world/europe/benedict-xvi-to-keep-his-name-and-become-pope-emeritus.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Death and funeral of Pope Benedict XVI|Died on 31 December 2022]], aged 95;<ref>{{cite news |title=The 95-year-old Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI passed away at the Vatican's Mater Ecclesiae Monastery |work=Vatican News |date=31 December 2022 |url=https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2022-12/pope-emeritus-benedict-xvi-dies-aged-95.html|access-date=1 January 2023|archive-date=31 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221231093857/https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2022-12/pope-emeritus-benedict-xvi-dies-aged-95.html|url-status=live}}</ref> longest-lived pope on record.
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| 266<br>[[File:Coat of arms of Franciscus.svg|40px]]
| [[2013 papal conclave|13 March 2013]] –<br>[[Death and funeral of Pope Francis|21 April 2025]]<br>{{small|({{Age in years and days|2013|03|13|2025|04|21}})}}
| [[File:Portrait of Pope Francis (2021) FXD.jpg|80px]]
| '''[[Pope Francis|Francis]]'''<br>{{small|'''FRANCISCVS'''}}
| Jorge Mario Bergoglio, [[Jesuits|S.J.]]
| 17 December 1936 [[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentina]]
| 76 / 88
| Motto: {{lang|la|Miserando atque eligendo}} {{small|("By having mercy and by choosing")}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Scarisbrick |first1=Veronica |title=Pope Francis : "Miserando atque eligendo"... |url=http://www.news.va/en/news/pope-francis-miserando-atque-eligendo|access-date=10 May 2015 |work=Vatican Radio |agency=Vatican Radio |publisher=The Holy See |date=22 March 2013|archive-date=18 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018143713/http://www.news.va/en/news/pope-francis-miserando-atque-eligendo|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Argentine citizen. First pope born outside [[Europe]] since [[Pope Gregory III|Gregory III]] (731–741) and the first from the [[Americas]]; first pope from [[Argentina]], first from [[South America]] and the first from the [[Southern Hemisphere]]. First pope from a [[religious institute]] since [[Pope Gregory XVI|Gregory XVI]] (1831–1846); first [[Jesuits|Jesuit]] pope. First pope to use a new and non-composed [[papal name]] since [[Pope Lando|Lando]] (913–914). Issued the encyclical ''[[Laudato si']]'' (2015), condemning [[global warming]] and irresponsible economic development. Facilitated the [[Cuban thaw]] (2015–2017). Eliminated the European majority of [[College of Cardinals|cardinals]]. First pope to visit and celebrate [[Mass in the Catholic Church|Mass]] on the [[Arabian Peninsula]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2019/02/05/middleeast/uae-pope-visit-mass-intl/index.html |title=Pope Francis celebrates first papal mass in Arabian Peninsula |date=5 February 2019 | access-date=6 September 2022 | archive-date=15 April 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415065938/https://edition.cnn.com/2019/02/05/middleeast/uae-pope-visit-mass-intl/index.html | url-status=live}}</ref> [[Traditionis custodes|Restricted]] the celebration of the Tridentine Mass (2021). Second-oldest verified pope in office after [[Pope Leo XIII|Leo XIII]].
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| 267<br>[[File:Coat of Arms of Pope Leo XIV.svg|40px]]
| [[2025 papal conclave|8 May 2025]] –<br>present<br>{{small|({{Age in years and days|2025|05|08}})}}
| [[File:LeoXIV (cropped).jpg|80px]]
| '''[[Pope Leo XIV|Leo XIV]]'''<br>{{small|'''LEO''' Quartus Decimus}}
| Robert Francis Prevost, [[Order of Saint Augustine|O.S.A.]]
| 14 September 1955 [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], [[United States]]
| 69
| Motto: {{lang|la|In illo Uno unum}} {{small|("In the One, [we are] one")}}
Dual American and Peruvian citizen; first pope born in the [[United States]], first from [[North America]], and the second from the Americas.<ref>{{cite web |last=Sage |first=Alexandria |date=May 8, 2025 |title=Soft-spoken Prevost is first pope from the US (and Peru) |url=https://www.batimes.com.ar/news/world/soft-spoken-prevost-is-first-pope-from-the-united-states-and-peru.phtml |access-date=May 9, 2025 |website=Buenos Aires Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Collyns |first=Dan |date=May 8, 2025 |title='The pope is Peruvian': elation in country where pontiff served as bishop |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/08/pope-leo-xiv-peru-latin-america |access-date=May 9, 2025 |work=The Guardian |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Second pope from an [[English-speaking country]]; the first since [[Pope Adrian IV|Adrian IV]] (1154–1159).<ref>{{cite web |last=Sporzynski |first=Darius von Guttner |date=May 9, 2025 |title='Peace be with all of you': how Pope Leo XIV embodies a living dialogue between tradition and modernity |url=https://theconversation.com/peace-be-with-all-of-you-how-pope-leo-xiv-embodies-a-living-dialogue-between-tradition-and-modernity-256084 |access-date=May 9, 2025 |website=The Conversation }}</ref> First pope to be born after [[World War II]] and during the [[Cold War]].<ref>{{cite web |last1 =Watling|first1=Tom|last2= Bedigan|first2=Mike |date=May 8, 2025 |title=Chicago-born Robert Prevost appointed 267th Pope |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/new-pope-robert-prevost-conclave-catholic-b2746517.html |access-date=May 9, 2025 |website=The Independent }}</ref> First [[Order of Saint Augustine|Augustinian]] pope.
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