Pope Leo XIV, born in Chicago as Robert Francis Prevost, is Black. He is a descendant of Creoles in New Orleans, including ...

Learn more about how American-born Pope Leo XIV’s roots trace back to Louisiana’s Creole community, with census records ...

Where census takers in Louisiana recorded them as Black, census takers in Illinois recorded them as white. So, too, do other ...

It seems that Cardinal Robert Prevost, the first American to lead the Catholic Church, has previously condemned President ...

While he seems to be followng in the footsteps of Francis, Robert Prevost is more elusive than his predecessors who ascended ...

Jari Honora has been tracing bloodlines and family lineage since he was 9 years old, when he began a yearslong journey to ...

Repelled by American racism, thousands of free people of color bounced between New Orleans and Haiti in the 19th century.

Where Christians are "mocked, opposed, despised or at best tolerated and pitied" is where the church's "missionary outreach ...

Last week was quite special for the estimated 1.2 billion Catholics around the world when white smoke billowed across St.

Thanks to Jari Honora – a 2009 graduate of St. Augustine High School and a family historian in the Williams Research Center ...

Sky News host Rita Panahi has blasted The View co-host Sunny Hostin for claiming Pope Leo XIV is black.

Donald Trump continues decimating mental health services. In Rome, Pope Leo XIV affirmed the humanity of migrants and the ...