Worshippers in Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo, home to Africa's biggest Catholic populations, on Friday voiced ...

Vice President JD Vance will lead a U.S. delegation to attend the inaugural mass on Sunday of Pope Leo XIV, the first ...

He told them relationships are increasingly marked by superficiality, individualism, and emotional instability, leading to isolation.

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

Catholic leaders across Africa are expressing excitement at the election of the first American as Pope Leo XIV.

While an African pope would be a historically stunning development, just one of the drawbacks is that no African cardinal holds a major office in the Vatican.

Repelled by American racism, thousands of free people of color bounced between New Orleans and Haiti in the 19th century.

Pope Leo also celebrated Mother’s Day as jubilee bands and thousands of pilgrims created a festive atmosphere in St. Peter’s ...

Black and Creole Catholics in the U.S. say that a pope who holds these multiple identities is just what the Catholic Church ...

Pope Leo XIV, born Robert Francis Prevost in Chicago, has been confirmed to have African American ancestry through Creole ...

We trust that Pope Leo XIV’s pastoral wisdom and evangelical zeal will reinforce the Church’s commitment to justice, peace, ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, is now known to be of African ancestry, part of a growing picture Americans are ...