The new pope is aiming to bolster relations between the Catholic Church and Jerusalem.

(RNS) — As an American Baptist clergyperson I am noticing an interesting phenomenon in my social media feeds: Protestants gushing about Pope Leo XIV. It took me a bit by surprise, considering ...

Pope Leo XIV waves as he arrives for his first weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, May 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) Michael Woolf ...

All four of Pope Leo XIV's maternal great-grandparents were ... “It was special for me because I share that heritage and so do many of my friends who are Catholic here in New Orleans ...

Genealogist and founder of Unearthing Your Roots, Chris Smothers, traced Pope Leo XIV's family tree which showed a reflection of America's complex racial history.

You don’t have to be a Catholic, a Christian, or even believe in God to feel the impact surrounding the announcement of the new pope. With 1.4 billion Catholics throughout the world, the pope is ...

That all changed with the end of the Reconstruction Era, when Americain- style segregation was codified into law. Creoles of ...

All four of Pope Leo XIV’s maternal great-grandparents were ... “It was special for me because I share that heritage and so do many of my friends who are Catholic here in New Orleans ...

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