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Pope Leo, Creole

Pope Leo's family tree shows ties to a prominent Creole family of color in Louisiana

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

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Pope Leo XIV has Creole ancestry. What does that mean and why does it matter?

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Pope Leo XIV's family tree shows Black roots in New Orleans

HUGH HEWITT: Will Pope Leo XIV reverse the anti-American vibe from the last pope?

The new pope is half a year older than I am, and thus an "OK Boomer" American Catholic, though one with a missionary’s heart and a zeal to serve the poor.

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Pope Leo urges release of imprisoned journalists in first news conference

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Pope Leo XIV gives first Sunday address

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Pope Leo XIV's Creole heritage highlights complex history of racism and the church in America

All four of Pope Leo XIV ... and American bigotry.” As a Catholic with Creole heritage who grew up near the neighborhood where the pope’s grandparents lived, Morial said he has contradictory feelings. While he’s proud of the pope’s connection ...

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Born in Chicago and Nationalized Peruvian: The Latino Connection of the New Pope Leo XIV

Cardinal Robert Prevost has been elected as the first American pope in history, but he has a strong connection with Latin America.

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'American pope with an asterisk': Missouri experts weigh in on what Leo XIV brings to role

"He is an American, but he's an American who has a really international experience," said an assistant professor at St. Louis University.

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Leo XIV: US math graduate elected first American pope in Catholic Church history

In a groundbreaking moment for the Catholic Church, Robert Prevost, a 69-year-old American missionary and bishop, has been elected as the new pope. He is the first American ever to lead the Catholic Church in its 2,

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Catholic Chicagoans celebrate as native son Pope Leo XIV becomes first American pope

After white smoke billowed Thursday from the Sistine Chapel, signaling that a pope had been chosen, students in every classroom at The Frances Xavier Warde School in Chicago had their eyes glued to TV screens.

Leo XIV Outlines a Path for a Modern Church That Follows Francis’ Steps

The new pope said he would be guided by a key document that his predecessor wrote listing the church’s priorities, including a “loving care for the least and the rejected.”