There’s no record the new pope ever identified as Black, and he may never have researched his family’s roots in New Orleans.

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

In prior interviews, Pope Leo XIV said he was open to a vocation to the priesthood because neighborhood priests were always ...

While Pope Leo XIV was born in Chicago, Illinois, records show that his family lineage has deep roots in Louisiana.

The new leader of the Catholic Church has a distinction that goes beyond being the first pope from the United States.

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

The Catholic Church has always been central to Creole identity. The Prevosts aren’t the only ones who passed into white ...

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 ...

In an interview with Louisiana Considered, Jari Honora, a family historian at the Historic New Orleans Collection, shares ...

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

While Chicago celebrates the historic election of Pope Leo XIV, New Orleans may have reason to throw a second line of its own. The new Holy Father has ties that reach deep into Louisiana’s Creole ...

A genealogist hopes when the pope will stop in New Orleans when he comes to the U.S.: "We have to have a second-line. We have ...