We went back 500 years and found his connection to some fascinating people. By Henry Louis Gates Jr. On May 8, an American cardinal named Robert Francis Prevost became Pope Leo XIV. Later that day ...

Pope Leo's lineage includes 40 ancestors born in France, 24 in Italy, 21 in Spain, 22 in the U.S., 10 in Cuba, 6 in Canada, and 1 each in Haiti and Guadeloupe. As per reports, the birthplaces of ...

Since white smoke billowed in May from the Sistine Chapel and Pope Leo XIV was elected Pope Francis' successor, the new ...

Pope Leo XIV will head to the lakeside town of Castel Gandolfo for his summer vacation. After 12 years of papal absence, ...

If you’re planning a pilgrimage to the pope’s hometown this summer, keep in mind that Dolton never asked to be considered ...

The pontiff will stay on the hilltop Vatican property “for a period of rest” from the afternoon of July 6 to the afternoon of ...

New genealogical research traces the Pope’s ancestry back to the 1500s, revealing what Harvard historian Henry Louis Gates Jr ...

On May 8, moments after the world learned that an American cardinal named Robert Francis Prevost was becoming Pope Leo XIV, my inbox was flooded with emails. For the past 13 years, I’ve hosted a ...

CNA Staff, Jun 20, 2025 / 14:41 pm The auction for the childhood home of Robert Francis Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, has been extended by a month and will now close on July 17, according to the ...

The auction for the childhood home of Robert Francis Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, has been extended by a month and will now close on July 17, according to the auction house selling the home.