As the first Catholic pope from the United States, Pope Leo XIV has an ancestry that traces back to the Creole and free people of color…

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Cardinal Robert F. Prevost of the U.S., appears on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, May 8, 2025.Dylan…

Pope Leo XIV concelebrates Mass with the College of Cardinals inside the Sistine Chapel on Friday, the day after his election. Vatican Media/AP hide caption toggle…

President Donald Trump congratulated Robert Francis Prevost after his election as pope Thursday, making him the first American-born pontiff in the history of the Roman Catholic…

Saturday Night Live‘s Weekend Update took aim at Donald Trump imagining himself as the next Pope, as well as the president’s claim that he actually isn’t…