American cardinals who voted in the conclave played down the significance of the new pope’s roots in the United States, ...

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

“We need to welcome and accompany,” said Sue DeFerrari, executive director of MorningStar Renewal Center, a Catholic ...

It really stood as a symbol of the Haitian potential; what we could realize as a nation if we came together and put our minds ...

On their 1887 marriage license, Martinez listed his birthplace as Haiti, and birth records show that he was born in Santo ...

After celebrating his first Mass as pope, Leo XIV is slated to have a full schedule in the coming days. His next engagement ...

Cardinals returned to the Sistine Chapel on Thursday to resume voting for a new pope and crowds flocked back to St. Peter's ...

Pope Leo XIV has two older brothers: John Prevost and Louis Martín Prevost. John, a retired educator and school principal, ...

Findings regarding Pope Leo XIV's familial roots appear to indicate that the pontiff's great-grandfather was Maltese, the New York Times reports.

Lisette Herrera, a 54-year-old tourist from the Dominican Republic, was deeply moved to find herself by chance in the heart ...

The conclave to elect a new pope has officially begun, with a Vatican official calling out “extra omnes” and the doors to the ...