Pope Leo’s four-day visit to France, which kicks off on Friday, is something of a homecoming for the Chicago-born pontiff, a grandson of European immigrants with family roots in Normandy. His ...

(CNN) — Pope Leo XIV has delved into his family history, revealing his ancestry included both enslaved people and slave owners. “I come from a family that my grandparents were immigrants,” the first ...

The pope's first public comments on his ancestry reignite questions about race, identity and representation in the Catholic Church. Since his election last year, Pope Leo XIV sidestepped one of the ...