According to Gates Jr., Pope Leo is also related to Boucher de Grandpre, who fought against the British during the ...

Harvard University Prof. Henry Louis Gates Jr. takes a deep dive into the pope's past in New York Times Magazine piece.

In a sermon on a major Christian holiday, Pope Leo XIV appeared to take a shot at travel bans recently put in place by ...

Leo's message contrasts sharply with Trump's vow to deport millions of undocumented immigrants. The late Pope Francis also clashed with Trump over immigration, once saying the president was "not ...

Pope Leo XIV expressed “great concern” on June 14 as the conflict between Israel and Iran deteriorated seriously following ...

Through a distant maternal ancestor, who was born in the 1590s, Pope Leo is ninth cousins, various times removed, with some ...

A US bishop appointed by Pope Leo XIV has instructed a group of priests and deacons in his district to accompany migrants to ...

After the white smoke cleared, Brown papal historian David Kertzer reflected on the significance of an American pope, how the ...

Noblemen, enslaved people, freedom fighters, slaveowners: what the complex family tree of the first American pontiff reveals.