In Chicago, New Orleans and beyond, elated worshipers and priests celebrated their immediate sense of connection with Pope ...

America's most European city is buzzing over the news that the Catholic Church's new pope is not only from the U.S. but also ...

The pope's Creole roots in New Orleans are a source of pride among the city's Black Catholics. But the revelation also ...

ABC News reports that photos of their grandparents were shown to Pope Leo XIV’s brother, John Prevost, and he confirmed it ...

That the new pontiff’s ancestry can be partially traced to a historic enclave of Afro-Caribbean culture in New Orleans has ...

Robert Francis Prevost, 69, has become the 267th occupant of the throne of St Peter and he will be known as Leo XIV. He is ...

The recent election of Pope Leo XIV, né Robert Francis Prevost, marks a significant moment in history, not only because he is ...

Pope Leo XIV was born in Chicago, but his family’s New Orleans lineage dates back to the 1880s.

When Father Tony Ricard watched the new pope deliver his first address to the faithful Thursday in St. Peter’s Square, he ...

The election of Pope Leo XIV, who is the first U.S. pope and has Creole roots, is raising more awareness about the complexity ...

The pope's maternal grandparents are described as Black or a person of mixed white and Black ancestry in historical documents ...