Pope Leo XIV, the newly-named head of the Catholic Church, hails from Creole ancestry, according to a genealogist.

Omokri also questioned the credibility of oft-cited historical claims of African Popes—such as Pope Victor I, Miltiades, and ...

Some important things happened yesterday in Vatican City. The cardinal electors selected Robert Francis Prevost, a ...

Please give Black Africans and Africans in the diaspora hope that they are not just ‘fetchers of water and hewers of wood in ...

The inauguration Mass on May 18 will be the formal installation ceremony where Pope Leo XIV will receive the Fisherman’s Ring and the pallium as symbols of his papal office. The “taking possession” ...

Follow live coverage from the Vatican on the second day of conclave as cardinals return to the Sistine Chapel to vote for a ...

Follow live coverage as Catholic cardinals elect the next Pope in the highly secretive conclave to lead the Vatican following ...

Catholic leaders across Africa are expressing excitement at the election of the first American as Pope Leo XIV.

When the 69-year-old Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost on May 8, 2025, appeared on the main balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica for the first time as Pope Leo XIV, he was cheered loudly by the huge crowd of ...

Pope Leo XIV will celebrate his first Mass as pontiff on Friday morning as he ascends to the leadership of 1.4 billion Roman ...

In a historic moment reverberating from the Vatican to the streets of Monrovia, the Catholic Church in Liberia has joined millions around the globe in extending prayerful wishes to newly elected Pope ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa congratulates the newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Cardinal Robert Prevost, as a historic moment for the ...