Henry Louis Gates Jr., who hosts the PBS series “Finding Your Roots,” said he handed the pontiff a copy of his family tree.

Pope Leo XIV’s Creole and African ancestry, traced to Louisiana and West Africa, is prompting celebration and curiosity among ...

In front of the altar built on the tomb of St. Peter, the men being ordained lay prostrate on the marble floor of the ...

Thousands of priests filled St. Peter’s Basilica for the June 27 Mass, the high point of this week’s Jubilee of Priests.

Cousins from both the branches of Pope Leo XIV's extended family, the side that passed for white and the side that remained Black, are eager to reconnect.

When the Rev. Matthew Baum attended Johnstown’s Juneteenth activities recently, he was on a multi-layered mission. Baum, rector at St. John Gualbert Cathedral and St. Patrick Catholic Church, both in ...

The United Nations, a collaborative global dream built into reality out of the ashes of World War II, marks its 80th ...

The United Nations, a collaborative global dream built into reality out of the ashes of World War II, marks its 80th anniversary this month. But there’s little to celebrate. Its clout ...

The United Nations, a collaborative global dream built into reality out of the ashes of World War II, marks its 80th anniversary this month. There's little to celebrate.

Shortly after Pope Leo XIV’s election on May 8, genealogists got to work researching his family tree, quickly establishing ...