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.

A Chicago family vacationing in Rome surprised the Vatican’s new pope with a Chicago Bears-themed gift Sunday. The Muñoz ...

Pope Leo XIV received a copy of his family tree from Henry Louis Gates Jr., marking his first public acknowledgment of his ...

Pope Leo XIV, who is the first American pope in history, has lineage among “free people of color” in the U.S. dating back to at least the 1840s, a genealogist told Forbes.

Pope Leo XIV marked the 56th anniversary of man’s arrival on the moon Sunday with a visit to the Vatican astronomical ...

Pope Leo XIV has created history as the first-ever American-born leader of the Catholic Church. For the first time since his inauguration, the pontiff has opened up about her childhood, the early days ...

Pope Leo XIV's family might've predicted he would become a religious leader one day, ... was elected as the 267th pope of the Roman Catholic Church, making history as the first American-born pontiff.

A Chicago family traveled to Rome over the weekend with a special gift in tow for Pope Leo XIV: a “Da Pope” t-shirt in classic Chicago Bears colors. Marcel and Ann Munoz, two local Chicagoans, were on ...

Pope Leo XIV renewed his call on Sunday for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, asking the international community to respect ...

Pope Leo XIV, formerly known as Robert Prevost, is the first American pontiff. He was elected on Thursday, less than three weeks after the death of Pope Francis, and his elevation immediately made ...

Pope Leo XI (1535-1605), a former head of the Roman Catholic Church who had one of the shortest papal reigns in history, coming to a total of 26 days from his election to his death. A portrait ...