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

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

Pope Leo XIV's family tree reflects America's complex racial history, according to records obtained by ABC News.

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 ...

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 XIV, who was born in Chicago as Robert Prevost, was the first American to be elected Pope - but an expert has warned ...

The 2025 papal conclave at the Vatican ended with the election of American-born Cardinal Robert Prevost as Pope Leo XIV. Here ...

The pope's Creole roots in New Orleans are a source of pride among the city's Black Catholics. But the revelation also ...

That the new pontiff’s ancestry can be partially traced to a historic enclave of Afro-Caribbean culture in New Orleans has ...

This is like a reward from God,” a local parishioner said, as researchers unearthed more details about the lives of Leo XIV’s ...

Pope Leo XIV was raised in Chicago by his parents, alongside two brothers, Louis and John. Here's everything to know about ...

Census records for Leo's maternal grandparents hint at the complexity of Creole identity and of Black identity in America.