There’s no record the new pope ever identified as Black, and he may never have researched his family’s roots in New Orleans.

I share an ancestral connection with Pope Leo XIV. What does that story say about race, religion, and ancestry in America?

The last three pontiffs each chose very different paths between Rome and home.

Leo’s commitments present a challenge to the nationalism and isolationism currently promoted by the White House.

Robert Prevost, now the new pope, probably attended Villanova basketball games in the '70s.

I would suspect that people are very proud that Chicago produced a pope, and it testifies to the fact that there’s a lot of ...

The Trump administration seeks to improve ties, by working together on resolving the war in Ukraine and de-emphasizing ...

ROME — As the universal Church celebrates the gift of the new Pope, there is one university in Rome where the joy is felt a little more deeply: Pope Leo XIV’s alma mater. The Pontifical University of ...

Pope Leo likes Wordle. People who play it like words, and they probably try to be precise when they’re speaking. That will ...

But New Orleans may have an even greater claim – it helped shape his roots, and they are decidedly African American. Pope Leo’s grandparent came from New Orleans, and the Historic New Orleans ...

Nate Tinner-Williams, a contributing Globe Opinion writer, is cofounder and editor of Black Catholic Messenger. As the ...