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

Pope Francis had changed the ceremony, inviting new archbishops to concelebrate Mass with him and be present for the blessing ...

Through a distant maternal ancestor, who was born in the 1590s, Pope Leo is ninth cousins, various times removed, with some ...

We cannot think that we have another Pope Francis, with his way and ... convert us, they show us a path to freedom. They know how to live with little, but at the same time they have a deep ...

Pope Leo XIV has made waves with some of his fashion choices, returning to much of the traditional pomp of popes past ...

Pope Leo XIV met with the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors (PCPM) on Thursday of last week, in what was ...

At the Taormina Film Festival, the Oscar-winning director reflects on faith, immigration, protests, and a divided America.

I had been invited by ABC News to help cover the funeral Mass of Pope Francis ... back to the set. An hour later, when Cardinal Prevost came onto the balcony, I was deeply moved. I had been at his ...

His busy day began when he appeared for the first time at the papal study window ... city from St. Peter’s Basilica in 1924 , just as Pope Francis’ were taken to St. Mary Major’s Basilica ...

Pope Leo XIV's record handling sex abuse cases while he was an Augustinian superior and bishop in Peru has come under renewed scrutiny since his election May 8 ...

The White House has issued a blistering response to allegations First Lady Melania Trump is separated from her presidential ...

The British painter has dedicated her career to depicting human flesh, especially that of women, with deep empathy.