The new pope reportedly has ties to Black and Creole communities in Louisiana. On Thursday (May 8), Robert Francis Prevost ...

I share an ancestral connection with Pope Leo XIV. What does that story say about race, religion, and ancestry in America?

Pope Leo XIV, who is the first American pope in history, has lineage among “free people of color” in the U.S. dating back to ...

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

Census records for Leo's maternal grandparents hint at the complexity of Creole identity and of Black identity in America.

Early coverage of Pope Leo XIV has explored the first American pontiff’s Chicago upbringing, as well as the many years he spent in Peru, first as a missionary and then as a bishop. Genealogist Jari ...

The election of Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost as the new Pope came as a welcome surprise to the Afro-Peruvian community.

The new leader of the Catholic Church is American Robert Francis Prevost, Cardinal Dominique Mamberti announced to a crowd in ...

After celebrating his first Mass as pope, Leo XIV is slated to have a full schedule in the coming days. His next engagement ...

Presiding over a Mass in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday, Leo was inaugurated as the first American pope, in a ceremony filled ...

His story is a call to hope and a challenge to the Church in India to see finally and fully those it has failed to embrace ...

Following the death of Pope Francis, the conclave of cardinals that gathered at the Vatican wasted little time choosing a new ...