Pope Leo XIV prayed the Angelus on Sunday, July 13, 2025, from Castel Gandolfo, where he is taking a two-week summer break.

But beyond the celeb connections, Gates’ research uncovered something far more powerful: Pope Leo XIV is of mixed Black and ...

When Henry Louis Gates Jr. set out to trace the family tree of America’s first pope, he had no idea he was about to uncover […] ...

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

Although I had set out to answer the question, “Who is Pope Leo XIV?” the question I had succeeded in answering was “Who is Robert Prevost?” ...

Henry Louis Gates Jr., who hosts 'Finding Your Roots' on PBS, confirmed Pope Leo XIV is related to Madonna, Angelina Jolie, ...

Pope Leo XIV got a special visit from Finding Your Roots writer, host and executive producer Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr., to ...

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday and thanked him for the Vatican’s efforts to return children taken by Russia and again suggested the Vatican could host peace ...

Pope Leo XIV is not only the first American Pope in history but also the first Pope with African-American roots. Robert ...

Shortly after Pope Leo XIV’s election on May 8, genealogists got to work researching his family tree, quickly establishing that some of his ancestors on his mother’s side were Black.