Holy pop! According to a new deep dive published by The New York Times, the newly named Pope Leo XIV is related to two of pop music's biggest names: Madonna and Justin Bieber. In assembling a detailed family tree for the Chicago-born religious leader - who was elected the new head of the Catholic Church in May following the death of Pope Francis - the publication found that Leo is distantly linked to the two singers through a shared ancestor born about six generations back.

In the moment, Robert Prevost, the native South Sider destined to become first American-born pope, is at the mercy of fickle spirits with Old Testament tempers.

Leo’s love for the sport was noted immediately upon his election on May 8, but the question remained: Cubs or White Sox?

First millennial saint Carlo Acutis, who taught Catholicism and created a website on eucharistic miracles, will be canonized in September following Vatican's recognition of a miracle