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{{Infobox officerholder
| office              = Pope
| name                = Leo XIV
| image               = [[File:Popes.png|280px|thumb]]
| predecessor         = Pope [[King Maximilian I|Pius XVI]]
| order               = 3rd
| office1             = Cardinal Camerlengo
| office2             = Pope Emeritus
| termstart           = 26th June 2020
| termend1            = 
| termstart1          = 
| occupation          = Chief Physician of VHD
| alma_mater          = Seawall College, College of Cardinals
| caption             = From left to right: Pope [[King Maximilian I|Pius XVI]], Pope [[Pope Leo XIV|Leo XIV]] and [[Nicholas Romanov II]]
| honorific_prefix    = [[Pope]]
| honorific_suffix    = [[Supreme Order of Christ|MSOC]] GCVO [[Doctor of Medicine|M.D.]] GCSG GCPO GPLO
| preceded1           = Pope [[King Maximilian I|Pius XVI]]
| succeeded1          = Pope [[Young I]]
| term1               = 8th August 2020 - 10th October 2022
| term2               = 10th October 2022 ~ present
| signature           = Leo xiv signature.jpg
| birth_name          = Gabriel Edward Barclay
| birth_date          = 9th February 1945 (age 78)
| birth_place         = Seawall Hospital, Vinish Nation
| monarch             = King [[Edward I]]
| status              = Resigned (Pope), Sovereign of Rome
| image_size          = 180
| width               = 220px
| relations           = [[Barclay Family]]
| residence           = The Barclay House
| termend             = 8th August 2020
}}

{{Infobox officerholder
| name                = Pope Emeritus Leo XIV
| order               = His Holiness
| caption             = Leo XIV papal arms
| honorific_prefix    = Papal styles of
| image_size          = 80px
| image               = LeoXIII.png
| office1             = Your Holiness
| office2             = Holy Father
}}

'''Pope Leo XIV''' aka [[Gabriel Barclay|Dr Gabriel Leo Barclay]] was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City and Malta. He became the third pope after Pope [[King Maximilian I|Pius XVI]] in 2021. Leo became known as "Pope Emeritus" upon his resignation and still retains the title. Pope [[Young I]] succeeded the position of pope, who is the current head of the [[Catholic Church]], the bishop of Rome and sovereign of the Vatican City.

Leo XIV was given the position of supreme pontiff<ref>Walkens, J. (2023) ''Popewil'', ''Wikipedia''. Wikimedia Foundation. Available at: <nowiki>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope</nowiki> (Accessed: April 21, 2023).</ref> (pontifex maximus or summus pontifex), Roman pontiff (Romanus pontifex) or sovereign pontiff, is the bishop of Rome (or historically the patriarch of Rome), head of the Catholic Church, and has also served as the head of state or sovereign of the Papal States and later Rome since the eighth century. From a Catholic viewpoint, the primacy of the bishop of Rome is largely derived from his role as the apostolic successor to Saint Peter<ref>Attodius, B. (2023) ''Saint Peter'', ''Wikipedia''. Wikimedia Foundation. Available at: <nowiki>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Peter</nowiki> (Accessed: April 21, 2023).</ref>, to whom primacy was conferred by Jesus, who gave Peter the Keys of Heaven and the powers of "binding and loosing", naming him as the "rock" upon which the Church would be built.