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

Pope Leo XIV, born Robert Francis Prevost in Chicago, has been confirmed to have African American ancestry through Creole ...

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 ...

Online genealogists found that Pope Leo’s paternal grandparents in Chicago were accused of having an “illicit affair” in the ...

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

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

The world is still adjusting to the historic election of Pope Leo XIV—the first American Pope and a native of the Chicago ...

Though family trees show that the author is related to the new pope, there are some relatives he's less proud to have.

Black America is taking pride in a truth shaking up the Vatican and resonating through the streets of New Orleans: Pope Leo ...

The clerk’s office discovered a Declaration of Intention form signed by Pope Leo XIV’s paternal grandfather, the first step ...

Pope Leo XIV, born in Chicago as Robert Francis Prevost, is Black. He is a descendant of Creoles in New Orleans, including ...

Pope Leo XIV's background tells the story of complicated racial identities in the U.S., multiculturalism and Black Catholics ...