All four of Pope Leo XIV’s maternal great-grandparents were “free people of color” in Louisiana based on 19th-century census ...

Pope Leo XIV, elected on Thursday, is the first pope from the Order of St. Augustine (OSA), also known as the Augustinians, ...

That the new pontiff’s ancestry can be partially traced to a historic enclave of Afro-Caribbean culture in New Orleans has ...

Pope Leo XIV (formerly Robert Francis Prevost) and other cardinals adhered to many restrictions while inside the conclave.

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

P olitical figures around the world have congratulated Robert Francis Prevost, now known as Pope Leo XIV, after his election ...

The late pope’s attention to geographic detail led to what was described as the most diverse conclave in the history of the ...

The newly anointed Pope Leo XIV came to the balcony clad in a white cassock topped by a red cape trimmed in ermine and draped ...

Last week on the Piers Morgan show Uncensored, President Donald Trump's former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon, a conservative Catholic, discussed the Roman Catholic Cardinals who were bein ...

How Pope Leo XIV chooses to tackle critical topics from same-sex marriage to women in the church remains to be seen, but ...

Catholic leaders across Africa are expressing excitement at the election of the first American as Pope Leo XIV.

Of all the ceremonies associated with electing a new pope, the one most familiar to the general public is the smoke that emanates from a stovepipe chi ...