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Pope Leo XIV has Creole ancestry. What does that mean and why does it matter?
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 Creoles of color, whose community has historical ties to people of African descent.
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 Creole roots in New Orleans are a source of pride among the city's Black Catholics. But the revelation also ...
Pope Leo XIV's family tree reflects America's complex racial history, according to records obtained by ABC News.
The pontiff held his first meeting with the news media at the Vatican and called on reporters to choose “the path of ...
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The new pope’s French-sounding last name, Prevost, intrigued Jari Honora, a New Orleans genealogist, who began digging in the ...
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Leo XIV: US math graduate elected first American pope in Catholic Church historyIn a groundbreaking moment for the Catholic Church, Robert Prevost, a 69-year-old American missionary and bishop, has been ...
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Cardinal Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, is a Villanova graduate. He is the first American pope elected in the 2,000-year ...
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