Answer: The current Pope is Leo XIV, listed as the most recent Supreme Pontiff with the dates 8,18.V.2025.
Status: Confirmed
Entry: people/pope
Revision: 1
Digest: sha256:7ad86b5c69a4adc7 (changes whenever the content changes)

Timeline:
  Created: 2026-11-12T10:44:31Z
  Last changed: 2026-11-12T10:44:31Z
  Last verified: 2026-11-12T11:34:06Z
  Next check: 2026-11-19T11:34:06Z
  Check interval: Weekly
  Expected change: No fixed schedule

Data:
  Field | Value | Source | As of
  Pope | Leo XIV | [1] | 2026-11-12
  Start date | 8,18.V.2025 | [1] | 2026-11-12

Sources:
  [1] The Holy See. "The Holy See". https://www.vatican.va/content/vatican/en.html
      Role: primary. Accessed: 2026-11-12T11:34:06Z
      Quote: "Pope Leo XIV Magisterium" (Supports: Pope)
      Quote: "Leo XIV 8,18.V.2025 --/--/--" (Supports: Start date)
      Snapshot SHA-256: bafb919781406dbe0d01ebb18e90fd739edecc44d6c46304ccd41df2b41f6bfb (captured 2026-11-12T10:44:31Z)

Verification:
  Method: Automated extraction from [1] with deepseek-flash (JSON output, thinking disabled). Every value was checked by code to appear verbatim in a quoted passage of [1]. On this check the text of [1] was unchanged since 2026-11-12T10:44:31Z, so the values verified then were kept.
  Cross-check: not-available at 2026-11-12T11:34:06Z. No independent second source is configured for this entry
  Last successful check: 2026-11-12T11:34:06Z
  Last attempt: 2026-11-12T11:34:06Z

Notes and limitations:
  Extracted automatically from a single official source.

Change log:
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How to cite:
    latestN. (2026). Who is the current Pope? Revision 1, last verified 2026-11-12T11:34:06Z. https://latestn.com/people/pope (accessed 2026-11-12T12:52:55Z).

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      title        = {Who is the current Pope?},
      author       = {{latestN}},
      year         = {2026},
      howpublished = {\url{https://latestn.com/people/pope}},
      note         = {Revision 1; digest sha256:7ad86b5c69a4adc7; last verified 2026-11-12T11:34:06Z; accessed 2026-11-12T12:52:55Z}
    }

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