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 ...

The first group of white Afrikaner South Africans granted refugee status by Trump administration arrive in U.S. as most other ...

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

The first group of white Afrikaner South Africans granted refugee status by Trump administration arrive in U.S. as most other ...

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

The Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) expects Pope Leo XIV to unite nations, enabling every individual to take ...

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 ...

By Stacy M. Brown Black Press USA Sr Natl Correspondent ...

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