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.

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

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

Little Rock, AR, USA — The question isn’t whether the world is ready for a pontiff with African American ancestry ... newly elected Pope Leo XIV—born Robert ...