Pope Leo XIV's Creole Heritage Highlights Complex History of Racism and the Church in America NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The new pope’s French-sounding last name, Prevost, intrigued Jari Honora ...

a Syrian-American Christian prelate serving as the Patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox Church in Damascus Friday, April 18, 2025. Mills and Stutzman arrived on an unofficial visit organized by a ...

Today, Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II of the Syriac Orthodox Church estimates that number has fallen to around 400,000. When ...

The Rev. Ajani Gibson, who heads the predominantly Black congregation at St. Peter Claver Church in New Orleans, said he sees the pope’s roots as a reaffirmation of African American influence on ...