Father Becket Franks, a seminary schoolmate of Pope Leo XIV, has known him for 56 years and has seen the beginnings of his ...

I’m praying for this new pope from the United States who has roots in the 7th Ward. That was a mind-blowing moment for me,’ ...

Many Catholics around the world were stunned when Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, an American, was elected pope. When his ...

The discovery that the first U.S.-born pope has black and Creole roots is a finding that illustrates the nation’s rich, ...

The Chicago suburb where Pope Leo XIV grew up has taken steps to acquire his humble childhood home before the property can be sold off to the highest bidder at a planned auction. Pope Leo, who was ...

THUMBS UP. Jari Honora, a historian and genealogist at The Historic New Orleans Collection, in early May discovered Pope Leo ...

A New Orleans committee announced the remains of 19 Black Americans whose skulls were taken to Leipzig, Germany, in the 1880s ...

The pope’s family history of “gens de couleur libre,” or free people of color, can be traced back to Opelousas, a ...

The image of Trump as the pope just days after our revered Pope Francis died shows why he's a terrible model for morality.

Pope Leo XIV made history as the first U.S.-born pontiff. It was recently revealed that he has Louisiana Creole ancestry.

Pope Leo XIV was born Robert Prevost and spent several years living in Dolton, IL, in a humble home that is now up for ...

Pope Leo XIV's ancestry isn't necessarily unique. It's quintessentially American, illustrated by his grandfather's illicit ...