Catholic churches are celebrating the national holiday of Juneteenth this week by honoring the freedom won by formerly enslaved Black Americans at the end of the Civil War.

As it happened, the pope has several generations of Cuban ancestors.

New Orleans - Sister Mary Innocente Wiltz, S.S.F.—affectionately known as “Sister Innocente” or simply “Inn”, a native of St.

Madonna has responded to the news that she is related to Pope Leo XIV, who was elected as the 267th Pope of the Roman ...

Madonna had a hilarious reaction to the news that she is related to Pope Leo XIV, the first American Pope, who was elected as ...

Pope Leo XIV and Madonna have a common ancestor in their genealogy, making them related. Madonna reacts to the news on social ...

When Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost took the name Pope Leo XIV on May 8, 2025, he made headlines as the first American to sit on the papal throne. The real surprise came just wee ...

Explore the fascinating connection between the new Pope Leo XIV, his Creole heritage, and the racial struggle in the US.

Noblemen, enslaved people, freedom fighters, slaveowners: what the complex family tree of the first American pontiff reveals.

Pope Leo XIV made his first appointment of a Chinese bishop under the Vatican’s 2018 agreement with Beijing, signalling he is ...

Those who've been advocating for women deacons in the Catholic Church are taking stock of the possibility under the papacy of Pope Leo XIV.

The pope celebrated Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square in front of tens of thousands faithful, and asked the Holy Spirit to ...