Pope Leo XIV made a calculated move to downplay his American roots, which ultimately led to his successful bid for the papacy, an expert has revealed to the Mirror. Cardinals quickly rallied ...

The pope’s family history of “gens de couleur libre,” or free people of color, can be traced back to Opelousas, a ...

Many Catholics around the world were stunned when Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, an American, was elected pope. When his ...

In her latest column installment, Chan analyzes the rise of conservative Christian nationalism and reflects on why the new ...

The discovery that the first U.S.-born pope has black and Creole roots is a finding that illustrates the nation’s rich, ...

CBS News Miami's Jim DeFede takes a moment to share his personal and professional connections to the new American Pope Leo XIV and the late Rabbi Sholom Dovber Lipskar.

Many people on social media are pointing out the same issue as pictures captured the moment Pope Leo caught a bizarre gift ...

The 2025 papal conclave at the Vatican ended with the election of American-born Cardinal Robert Prevost as Pope Leo XIV. Here ...

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 ...