"In the late '70s, Poland was already a pretty Catholic place, but the fact they had a Polish pope absolutely ignited it," ...

“It was exciting to be elected pope,” the humble leader reflected. “I was very surprised.” The pontiff also said he has had time to speak to his family about how “cool” the news was ...

British royal family news reveals that neither Prince William nor King Charles will be in attendance at the historical ceremony and inauguration of Pope Leo XIV later this month.The new pontiff, ...

The way the news of the new pope’s heritage was made public speaks to the complexity of discussions of race in the U.S.

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Pope Leo XIV, who is the first American pope in history, has lineage among “free people of color” in the U.S. dating back to ...

The first American pope's grandparents identified as Black, records show. Robert Francis Prevost, the Chicago-born man who became Pope Leo XIV on Thursday, has Black family roots in New Orleans ...

ABC News Pope Leo XIV's family might've predicted he would become a religious leader one day, but it all still feels like a dream. On May 8, Cardinal Robert Prevost, now known as Pope Leo ...

ST. CLAIR SHORES, Mich. (WXYZ) — A local family had front-row access to history as white smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel, announcing the election of the first ...

including world leaders such as US president Donald Trump and UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer. Such was Francis’s popularity, he was dubbed by many to have been “the people’s pope”.