America's most European city is buzzing over the news that the Catholic Church's new pope is not only from the U.S. but also ...

In prior interviews, Pope Leo XIV said he was open to a vocation to the priesthood because neighborhood priests were always ...

The election of Pope Leo XIV, who is the first U.S. pope and has Creole roots, is raising more awareness about the complexity ...

When Father Tony Ricard watched the new pope deliver his first address to the faithful Thursday in St. Peter’s Square, he ...

The new pontiff’s election is breaking ground in many different aspects as he’s not only the first U.S.-born and Peruvian ...

His ancestry, traced to a historic enclave of Afro-Caribbean culture, links Leo XIV to the rich and sometimes overlooked ...

CHICAGO -- Robert Francis Prevost, the Chicago-born man who became Pope Leo XIV on Thursday, has Black family roots in New ...

The documents, including census records, baptismal rolls and marriage certificates, trace the story of Pope Leo’s mother’s ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A special noontime Mass at St. Louis Cathedral in the French Quarter drew a crowd Thursday as local ...

New Orleans Archbishop Gregory Aymond is holding a Mass of Thanksgiving for Pope Leo XIV at noon. You can watch the mass in ...