Harvard University Prof. Henry Louis Gates Jr. takes a deep dive into the pope's past in New York Times Magazine piece.

This chart was prepared by Henry Louis Gates Jr., American Ancestors and the Cuban Genealogy Club of Miami. It reflects the ...

On Wednesday, Pope Leo XIV took his baseball fandom to the Vatican. The 69-year-old Prevost was photographed wearing a ...

Through a distant maternal ancestor, who was born in the 1590s, Pope Leo is ninth cousins, various times removed, with some ...

The Vatican wanted a complete makeover of the vatican.va website. The catch was it had to be ready to launch with the ...

Much has been reported about Pope Leo XIV's earliest days of playing priest at the family's home in Dolton, a suburb south of ...

According to Gates Jr., Pope Leo is also related to Boucher de Grandpre, who fought against the British during the ...

There's a mural of Pope Leo XIV at the White Sox's park, near where he sat for Game 1 of the 2005 World Series. Yeah, the ...

In the moment, the man who will go on to become the most recognizable religious leader in the world looks nervous. He looks ...

The internet was buzzing after Pope Leo XIV wore a Chicago White Sox cap during his weekly general audience at the Vatican.

The noted Chicago White Sox fan will deliver a pre-recorded video message to attendees and viewers. Friends of the pope are ...

In his first official appointment, Pope Leo named a woman to head a major Vatican office. Sister Simona Brambilla is now the ...