Henry Louis Gates Jr., who hosts the PBS series “Finding Your Roots,” said he handed the pontiff a copy of his family tree.

ANALYSIS: Pope Leo XIV’s expected appointment signals renewed emphasis on the ceremonial and symbolic role of the Holy Father ...

For the World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly established by Pope Francis and celebrated this year on July 27, Pope Leo ...

Nearly 100 American men and women from the United States are currently being considered for sainthood. And many Catholics ...

"Christian hope always urges us to be more daring, to think big, to be dissatisfied with things the way they are," the pope ...

Pope Leo XIV hopes that “everyone will be able to enjoy some vacation time in order to restore both body and spirit.” ...

Pope Leo interrupted a two-week vacation on Wednesday to celebrate a special Mass exhorting Catholics to exercise care for ...

But beyond the celeb connections, Gates’ research uncovered something far more powerful: Pope Leo XIV is of mixed Black and ...

Pope Leo XIV called on every parish and church group to become part of a "revolution" of care by regularly visiting older ...

Eventually the Apostolic Camera seized the property from the Savelli family due to financial issues, and in 1604 Castel ...

Leo will continue his predecessor's historic decision allowing priests to honor queer couples, though same-sex marriage ...

COMMENTARY: The Holy Father’s use of the optional Mass during Ordinary Time should spur priests worldwide to do the same.