Pope Leo received an official copy of his family tree, which includes his ties to "free people of color" in New Orleans.

"How we look at others is what counts, because it shows what is in our hearts," he said. "We can look and walk by, or we can ...

Pope Leo XIV is still keeping his cards close to his cassock, but people who have observed him over the years are helping ...

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy -- Pope Leo XIV called Sunday for “merciful compassion” for the world’s poor, victims of tyranny and ...

Reflecting on the Parable of the Good Samaritan, the Pope called for a ‘revolution of love.’ This Sunday was the first time ...

Pope Leo XIV prayed the Angelus on Sunday, July 13, from Castel Gandolfo, where he is taking a two-week summer break.

When Henry Louis Gates Jr. set out to trace the family tree of America’s first pope, he had no idea he was about to uncover […] ...

Pope Leo XIV has been presented with a physical copy of his family tree, which features some Black relatives. The news comes ...

"Living our vocation to be protectors of God's handiwork is essential to a life of virtue." Pope Leo XIV holds first 'green ...

I have, after 80 years, felt something that I never thought I would in this century as a Roman Catholic. I feel optimistic. I ...

From priest to pope—will his missionary past define him as the leader of 1.4 billion Catholics, or will Pope Leo become ...

The world seems more fractured than at any point in recent memory since World War II. Yet amid this turmoil, the Vatican is ...