The discovery that the first U.S.-born pope has black and Creole roots is a finding that illustrates the nation’s rich, ...

Pope Leo XIV made history as the first U.S.-born pontiff. It was recently revealed that he has Louisiana Creole ancestry.

Pope Leo XIV's family tree reflects America's complex racial history, according to records obtained by ABC News.

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

Many Catholics around the world were stunned when Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, an American, was elected pope. When his ...

The world is still adjusting to the historic election of Pope Leo XIV—the first American Pope and a native of the Chicago ...

The way the news of the new pope’s heritage was made public speaks to the complexity of discussions of race in the U.S.

Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, is descended from Creole people ... began investigating the new pope’s ancestry on a whim Thursday, suspecting Leo might have some common ancestry with the ...

The new pope, Robert Prevost, who assumed the name Leo XIV, has been celebrated for being an American from Chicago.

A New Orleans priest with Creole ancestry, Father Tony Ricard, said Pope Leo XIV’s genealogy wasn’t much of a surprise to him. The pope’s maternal grandfather was described as a black cigarm ...

Pope Leo XIV met with the National Italian American Foundation on Wednesday and blessed their work in continuing the ...