Repelled by American racism, thousands of free people of color bounced between New Orleans and Haiti in the 19th century.

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 ...

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

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.

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

One Villanova professor attributed Leo’s election to what he called the “Trump effect,” while a conservative Catholic ...

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On "This Week," Cardinal Cupich said Pope Leo XIV may call for changes to the United States immigration system.

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