Pope Leo's ancestry was revealed, which showed a long list of celebrities, politicians and historic freedom fighters on his ...

Soon after Pope Leo XIV became the first American pope on May 8, reports came in that he has African-American ancestry, that ...

As soon as Robert Prevost was elevated to pope in May, Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and the team he works with for PBS's Finding Your Roots began digging into the pope's family history.

Pope Leo XIV has a family tree that spans centuries and apparently includes the Queen of Pop and Canada’s favorite sad boy.

So, what’s the connection between a Grammy-winning pop artist, a past U.S. Secretary of State, and the newly chosen leader of ...

Pope Leo XIV is distantly related to a number of prominent figures, including Hillary Clinton and former Canadian Prime ...

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

Many Catholics around the world were stunned when Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, an American, was elected pope. When his ...

When someone accepts election as pontiff, there undergoes a change in that individual, not only in life purpose in leading ...

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Robert Prevost, arrives on the main central loggia balcony of the St. Peter’s Basilica for the first time, after the cardinals ended the conclave, in The Vatican ...

Deacon Kieran Burt greets Pope Leo XIV outside the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls May 20, 2025. (photo: Vatican Media) Bénédicte Cedergren Vatican June 1, 2025 ROME — Six years after ...

VATICAN CITY — That Pope Leo XIV is a Chicago White Sox fan and likes to play tennis has already been established. The most pressing sports question for many locals inside the Vatican and ...