And while Pope Leo XIV hasn't acknowledged his Black familial roots, Milwaukee Black Catholics see optimism in his papacy on two fronts.

Milwaukee Black Catholics see optimism in Pope Leo's papacy on two fronts.

A local historian went to Rome for the first time during the conclave. But he wasn’t expecting ‘that’ kind of history.

In 1958, the papal election took a bizarre turn when white smoke was followed by black smoke—an unprecedented event in Vatican history. Was it a sign of internal conflict, or did something ...

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She, too, is hopeful and excited about Pope Leo, regardless of how he identifies. But his lineage, she said, signals that Black Catholics are present in the church.

THIS is the terrifying moment a petrol station explodes in a huge fireball in Rome leaving at least 45 people injured. Glass ...

As soon as Robert Prevost was elevated to pope in May, Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and the team he works with for PBS's Finding Your Roots began digging into the pope's family history.

At least 45 people were injured by two accidental explosions at a Rome gas station at 8 a.m. local time on Friday.

Faithful hold a banner reading "Up with the pope", after white smoke billows from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel during the conclave to elect a new pope, at the Vatican, Thursday, May 8, 2025.