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.

Leo’s commitments present a challenge to the nationalism and isolationism currently promoted by the White House.

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

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 ...

Whitey Rigsby had just landed in Chicago to attend a Villanova function and was still on the plane when his wife, Becky, ...

The last three popes each chose very different paths between Rome and home—sometimes confrontational, sometimes aloof.

Happily, Pope Leo looks set to follow the lead of his predecessor: offering respect to other faiths (even to atheists); elevating women’s roles in the church; denouncing war and the Gaza catastrophe; ...

The Trump administration seeks to improve ties by working with Pope Leo XIV on ending the Ukraine war and de-emphasizing ...

U.S. Rep. French Hill led a bipartisan congressional delegation to the Vatican on Sunday, one of 14 House members selected to ...