At least five generations of his father’s ancestors were born in Sicily, including the pope’s grandfather, Salvatore Giovanni Gaetano Riggitano Alito, in 1876. He most likely immigrated to the ...

Pope Leo XIV earns about $33K a month—but does he get Social Security? Here’s what U.S. law says about his income, benefits and more.

Colbert is hardly alone in his visceral response to the pope’s distinctly Chicago accent. “He sounds like me, grew up in a similar neighborhood, just a different part of town — it’s crazy ...

Shortly after Pope Leo XIV’s election on May 8, genealogists got to work researching his family tree, quickly establishing that some of his ancestors on his mother’s side were Black.

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.

Pope Francis at Jose Maria Morelos Stadium, Feb. 16, 2016, in Morelia, Mexico.Donald Trump on stage at a campaign stop, Feb. 17, 2016, in Bluffton, S.C.

There’s a growing schism in the first American pope’s hometown. At stake is who will take Leo’s childhood home and how much it will cost them. An auction for the house closes July 17.

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 ...

The pope will appear at 12 p.m. local time (7 a.m. ET) from the window of the hospital on Sunday, to greet and bless the people before leaving the hospital, the Vatican said.

When Pope Leo XIV stepped out on the central loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica to greet the crowd for the first time after his May 8 election, liturgical fashion aficionados around the globe took ...

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.