New genealogical research traces the Pope’s ancestry back to the 1500s, revealing what Harvard historian Henry Louis Gates Jr. calls ‘one of the most diverse family trees’ he’s ever come ...

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

(The Hill) — Pope Leo XIV sounded the alarm this week over artificial intelligence (AI)’s potential impact on young people’s intellectual and neurological development, building upon one of ...

Pope Leo XIV donned a White Sox hat at the Vatican this week. For the company that makes it, it was a dream come true.

As soon as Robert Prevost was elevated to pope in May, Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and the team he works with for PBS's Finding Your Roots began digging into the pope's family history.

There’s a growing schism in the first American pope’s hometown. At stake is his childhood home. An auction for the house closes July 17.

The newly appointed Pope Leo XIV has some surprising distant Hollywood family members, including Justin Bieber and Madonna. Here’s who else the new pontiff is related to.

President Donald Trump plans to hold a celebratory military parade on June 14, his birthday - but Pope Leo XIV has something else in mind.

House that Leo built: Pope delivers message of hope at White Sox park Thousands went to the first American pope’s old haunt on the South Side to hear a message from the man they once knew as ...

Why ‘da pope’s’ Chicago accent is so comforting to U.S. Catholics Language and how it’s used shapes not only the way we feel but also how we think, said Viorica Marian, professor of ...

Liturgical fashion aficionados around the globe have noticed Pope Leo XIV's wardrobe and fashion choices.

WASHINGTON — Just over a month after Pope Leo XIV became the first U.S.-born pontiff in the history of the Catholic Church, a new poll shows that American Catholics are feeling excited about ...