The Times discovered that the Chicago native is related to Pierre and Justin Trudeau, Angelina Jolie, Hillary Clinton, Justin ...

Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. takes a deep dive into the pope's past in New York Times Magazine piece.

"Humanity is greatly diminished whenever the unborn, or the undocumented, the unemployed, the unhealthy are excluded," ...

While there’s plenty of room for views to shift as Pope Leo’s agenda becomes clear, people are watching how the first ...

Chicago’s elation over the hometown boy’s election led to a huge party for the first U.S. pope, who will begin to chart his ...

According to Gates Jr., Pope Leo is also related to Boucher de Grandpre, who fought against the British during the ...

In a sermon on a major Christian holiday, Pope Leo XIV appeared to take a shot at travel bans recently put in place by ...

After the white smoke cleared, Brown papal historian David Kertzer reflected on the significance of an American pope, how the ...

Leo's message contrasts sharply with Trump's vow to deport millions of undocumented immigrants. The late Pope Francis also clashed with Trump over immigration, once saying the president was "not ...

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

One of the greatest challenges facing Pope Leo XIV is financial. He has inherited the Holy See’s chronic, 50 million to 60 ...