Pope Leo XIV, the first U.S. pope, descends from Creole and free people of color in Louisiana, highlighting complex issues to ...

The genealogical findings underline the significance of Pope Leo XIV being not only the first pope from the United States, but also being the first with documented ancestral ties to Louisiana’s ...

That the new pontiff’s ancestry can be partially traced to a historic enclave of Afro-Caribbean culture in New Orleans has ...

The pope's maternal grandparents are described as Black or a person of mixed white and Black ancestry in historical documents ...

The revelation that Leo XIV has roots among New Orleans Creoles has stirred curiosity and joy about the first pope from the ...

Pope Leo XIV, is descended from Creole people of color from New Orleans. Jari Honora, a historian at the Historic New ...

New Orleans' 7th Ward neighborhood has long been recognized as a cultural stronghold for people of African, French, Spanish ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first American pontiff, has Creole lineage from New Orleans, according to records shared after his election ...

When Father Tony Ricard watched the new pope deliver his first address to the faithful Thursday in St. Peter’s Square, he ...

The pope's Creole roots in New Orleans are a source of pride among the city's Black Catholics. But the revelation also ...