New pope's deliberate decision to identify with Peru in particular and the Global South generally is no accident ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first U.S. pope, descends from Creole and free people of color in Louisiana, highlighting complex issues to ...

Pope Leo XIV warns that AI may threaten human dignity, urging the Catholic Church to respond with ethical clarity and protect ...

Pope Leo XIV, born Robert Francis Prevost in Chicago, has been confirmed to have African American ancestry through Creole ...

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

The world is still adjusting to the historic election of Pope Leo XIV—the first American Pope and a native of the Chicago ...

The pontiff held his first meeting with the news media at the Vatican and called on reporters to choose “the path of ...

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV has lead his first Mass as pontiff, in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel. The Pope was joined by ...

In prior interviews, Pope Leo XIV said he was open to a vocation to the priesthood because neighborhood priests were always ...

A prominent Catholic newspaper is among those suggesting Pope Leo XIV may be the first Black pontiff in the Catholic Church’s ...

(RNS) — Census records for Leo's maternal grandparents hint at the complexity of Creole identity and of Black ... Robert Francis Prevost — now Pope Leo XIV — was arguably the least American ...

American cardinals who voted in the conclave played down the significance of the new pope’s roots in the United States, ...