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The pope's maternal grandparents are described as Black or a person of mixed white and Black ancestry in historical documents ...

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

His ancestry, traced to a historic enclave of Afro-Caribbean culture, links Leo XIV to the rich and sometimes overlooked ...

Despite scrupulous efforts by white authorities to police the boundaries of color, some people of Creole background in New Orleans had access to opportunities that were meant to be reserved ...

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

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

has Creole of color roots from New Orleans on his mother's side!” Honora wrote on social media alongside images of the records. “What a great connection for our local population!” PEOPLE ...