All four of Pope Leo XIV’s maternal great-grandparents were “free people of color” in Louisiana based on 19th-century census ...

U.S. President Donald Trump sparked widespread outrage Thursday by abruptly firing Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden with a ...

Growing up in Atlanta in the 1940s and 1950s, Susan Levine’s visits to New York City relatives included being the star of an ...

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Hayden, who was confirmed to lead the world’s largest library in 2016, faced scrutiny from a conservative nonprofit, American Accountability Foundation (AAF), that called for her ouster.

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CHICAGO -- Robert Francis Prevost, the Chicago-born man who became Pope Leo XIV on Thursday, has Black family roots in New ...

Strong reaction ensued upon what many in Baltimore believe is a callous firing by the Trump administration of the 14th ...

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The Trump administration will welcome more than two dozen white South Africans to the United States as refugees next week.

Some important things happened yesterday in Vatican City. The cardinal electors selected Robert Francis Prevost, a ...