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

There’s no record the new pope ever identified as Black, and he may never have researched his family’s roots in New Orleans.

"It was such a thrill for me when Apostolic Nuncio Christophe Pierre gave me a call" May 14, Pham told a press conference at ...

The last three pontiffs each chose very different paths between Rome and home.

the Chicago-born man who became Pope Leo XIV on Thursday, has Black family roots in New Orleans, Louisiana, records show. ABC News has obtained several records, including U.S. Census records from the ...

Robert Prevost, now the new pope, probably attended Villanova basketball games in the '70s.

I would suspect that people are very proud that Chicago produced a pope, and it testifies to the fact that there’s a lot of ...

The Trump administration seeks to improve ties, by working together on resolving the war in Ukraine and de-emphasizing ...

But New Orleans may have an even greater claim – it helped shape his roots, and they are decidedly African American. Pope Leo’s grandparent came from New Orleans, and the Historic New Orleans ...

Pope Leo likes Wordle. People who play it like words, and they probably try to be precise when they’re speaking. That will ...