The pope’s great-great-grandmother Celeste Lemelle was a free woman of color from a Creole family that made its wealth from ...

Pope Leo XIV's family tree reflects America's complex racial history, according to records obtained by ABC News.

On just the second day of voting, 133 cardinals from across the globe made history during the papal conclave Thursday, May 8, choosing the first American-born pontiff in Cardinal Robert Prevost.

Who is his family and what inspired him to take up Papacy? Read on to know all about him: How Pope Leo XIV's mother and aunts shaped his path to the Papacy Robert Francis Prevost (now Pope Leo XIV ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost became the first American pope in history after his election on Thursday. In his first speech, the 69-year-old spoke about peace and light, saying: “We are ...

CHICAGO -- Robert Francis Prevost ... demonstrating that the first American pope's family tree reflects the complex racial history of this country. Both of Leo XIV's maternal grandparents ...

At least first-year manager Will Venable knows he has a fan at the Vatican. Cardinal Robert Prevost officially became the first U.S.-born Pope on Thursday, a long way from his upbringing in the ...

In "So Many Stars," Caro De Robertis' oral history collection, BIPOC queer elders reveal how chosen family became their ...

That’s what Karen Curry said when telling about the huge tree that fell in their Sherwood Street yard on Saturday evening during the rain storm. Curry said it was close to 10:30 p.m. and she had ...

Still, he called his brother’s selection “bittersweet” because it means a family member who has spent most of his life far from home will be even harder to see. Robert Prevost’s path ...

On just the second day of voting, 133 cardinals from across the globe made history during the papal conclave Thursday, May 8, choosing the first American-born pontiff in Cardinal Robert Prevost. The ...