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

Pope Leo XIV's background tells the story of complicated racial identities in the U.S., multiculturalism and Black Catholics ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope from Chicago, could boost interest in the Catholic Church, potentially increasing ...

‘That dude looks like he could be my brother,’” said Ricard, a New Orleans Catholic priest with a Creole background. “And that’s before we even knew what his heritage was.” As it turns ...