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

After Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, was elected pope, genealogists got to work. What they found surprised them.

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

The pope's maternal grandparents are described as Black or a person of mixed white and Black ancestry in historical documents ...

This is like a reward from God,” a local parishioner said, as researchers unearthed more details about the lives of Leo XIV’s ...

The election of Leo XIV gives the Creole community center stage to tell our complicated history to America and the world for ...

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 ...

Robert Francis Prevost, the Chicago-born cardinal selected Thursday as the new pope, is descended from Creole people of color ...

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 ...

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

Black and Creole Catholics in the U.S. say that a pope who holds these multiple identities is just what the Catholic Church ...