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 ...

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

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The pope's maternal grandparents are described as Black or a person of mixed white and Black ancestry in historical documents ...

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

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

Catholics in Louisiana are celebrating Pope Leo XIV's Creole roots, revealed through 19th-century census records. The records ...

Here are the key differences between Cajun and Creole food so you can learn about the flavors and cultural influences of ...

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

Pope Leo XIV, who is the first American pope in history, has lineage among “free people of color” in the U.S. dating back to ...

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