"What does the pope think about us being related? That's my question," one cousin said. "What does he think of us because ...

Pope Leo, a native of Chicago's south side and a long-time fan of his beloved but beleaguered White Sox, sent a video message ...

Thousands went to the first American pope’s old haunt on the South Side to hear a message from the man they once knew as ...

Pope Leo XIV brought his White Sox fandom to the Vatican on Wednesday. While holding a general audience in St. Peter’s Square ...

Pope Leo XIV wore a Chicago White Sox cap during an appearance at the Vatican, in a nod to his longtime fandom. White Sox ...

Vevette Hill-Nwagbaraocha attends All Saints Catholic Church, also on the north side. She, too, is hopeful and excited about Pope Leo, regardless of how he identifies. But his lineage, she said, ...

The recent election of Pope Leo XIV ... as white on her birth certificate, her father, Joseph Martinez, was recognized as Haitian. Her mother, Louise Baquié, was described as Black and ...

Explore the fascinating connection between the new Pope Leo XIV, his Creole heritage, and the racial struggle in the US.

my family was listed as Black and mulatto on different censuses — and in one census my paternal great-grandfather, Galbert Wiltz, who spoke no English, was listed as both mulatto and white.

Pope Leo XIV said his inaugural Mass at the Sistine ... New Orleans operated under a racial system that distinguished among white people, Black people and mixed-race Creole people like the Martinezes.

Since news of the new pope, Robert Prevost, who assumed the name Leo XIV ... “one drop rule” and treated as Black in spite of the dominance of his white genetics. This would not have been ...