New pontiff Robert Francis Prevost embraces a long Catholic tradition of standing with laborers by picking Leo as his name | ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first U.S. pope, descends from Creole and free people of color in Louisiana, highlighting complex issues to ...

Before he became Pope Leo XIV, he signed a proclamation honoring two local parishioners. Now, decades later, their daughter ...

The genealogical findings underline the significance of Pope Leo XIV being not only the first pope from the United States, but also being the first with documented ancestral ties to Louisiana’s ...

Catholics in Pittsburgh joined together in a Mass of Thanksgiving at St. Patrick Cathedral to rejoice in the election of their new leader, Pope Leo XIV.

"He is an American, but he's an American who has a really international experience," said an assistant professor at St. Louis University.

The Order of St. Augustine, with fewer than 3,000 members, shaped the man who would become a cardinal, and then pope to the ...

Full USA TODAY coverage of Pope Leo XIV, the head of the Catholic Church and the first pope from the United States.

The pope urged reporters "to strive for a different kind of communication, one that does not seek consensus at all costs, does not use aggressive words, does not follow the culture of competition and ...

The next time someone asks sarcastically if the pope is Catholic, tell them not so fast. He apparently has Jewish cousins.

The leader of the Diocese of Palm Beach hailed the choice of American-born Pope Leo XIV as Pope Francis' successor.

Black and Creole Catholics in the U.S. say that a pope who holds these multiple identities is just what the Catholic Church ...