The pope's Creole roots in New Orleans are a source of pride among the city's Black Catholics. But the revelation also ...

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

When local T-shirt shop Dirty Coast heard that Pope Leo XIV had family ties to New Orleans, they did what they do best and ...

When [Pope Leo] came to the balcony, I looked up, and I was like, ‘That dude looks like he could be my brother,” a New ...

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

The pope's maternal grandparents are described as Black or a person of mixed white and Black ancestry in historical documents ...

The first American pope has a family history with deep ties to New Orleans. Robert Prevost, who has chosen the name Pope Leo ...

Pope Leo XIV may have been born in Chicago, but he has Creole roots in New Orleans. Why it matters: The new pope, formerly ...

Early coverage of Pope Leo XIV has explored the first American pontiff’s Chicago upbringing, as well as the many years he ...