The Trump administration has recently taken steps to resettle small numbers of white South Africans in the United States, ...

Prior to his elevation to the papacy, Leo XIV stayed out of the spotlight on certain reforms backed by his predecessor but ...

In a statement provided to OSV News, Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Arlington said that it was "providing limited and ...

The genealogical findings underline the significance of Pope Leo XIV being not only the first pope from the United States, but also being the first with documented ancestral ties to Louisiana’s ...

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

One month after the Catholic Church announced an end to its partnership with the U.S. government, the Episcopal Church has ...

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 ...

“Robert Prevost was a missionary bishop who gave himself fully to his people and who played an important role in the church ...

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

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was chosen on May 8 by cardinals in a conclave at the Vatican, which wrapped up in less than ...

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