Are Pope Leo's ancestors from Cuba? Genealogy researchers in Miami think so Story by Nora Gámez Torres • 1h ...

Chicago’s elation over the hometown boy’s election led to a huge party for the first U.S. pope, who will begin to chart his historic path.

Leo XIV, the first ever American pope, condemned the exploitation of the poor and called for unity in the church during his inaugural Mass in St. Peter’s Square, an event attended by world ...

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

The contrast between President Donald Trump and Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV couldn’t be more stark, politically, personally or in their world views.

Pope Leo XIV met with Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio a day after formally taking his role as leader of the Catholic church.

“There is no room in Augustine’s concept of authority for one who is self-seeking and in search of power over others,” he wrote in the 167-page text.

Pope Leo XIV made an impassioned plea for peace and expressed solidarity with imprisoned journalists in his first news briefing since becoming pontiff Monday, calling for "the precious gift of ...

Pope Leo XIV is still an American citizen for now and that means he has to pay taxes Pope Leo XIV is a dual citizen of the United States and Peru, where he worked for more than 20 years as first a ...

Pope Leo XIV will ‘complete and complement [the U.S.] political agenda’: Cardinal Cupich Archbishop of Chicago says Leo XIV fits into the current political landscape.

And so, when Pope Leo was elected to lead the Catholic Church and traces of his rich heritage began to emerge, including an ancestor who had been born in Havana, a Cuban genealogist in Miami ...