This is like a reward from God,” a local parishioner said, as researchers unearthed more details about the lives of Leo XIV’s ...

That the new pontiff’s ancestry can be partially traced to a historic enclave of Afro-Caribbean culture in New Orleans has ...

The new pope reportedly has ties to Black and Creole communities in Louisiana. On Thursday (May 8), Robert Francis Prevost ...

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

Census records for Leo's maternal grandparents hint at the complexity of Creole identity and of Black identity in America.

The first American pope, Pope Leo XIV’s ancestry reveals that he may be the first Black pope, with roots tying […] ...

The pope's maternal grandparents are described as Black or a person of mixed white and Black ancestry in historical documents ...

A new pope with American and Peruvian roots means a lot to many people in Paterson, New Jersey. Pope Leo XIV has dual ...

With deep Midwestern roots, the first pope ... giving the first Augustinian pope a special connection to this church's ...

All four of Pope Leo XIV’s maternal great-grandparents were ... did his own digging and found the pope's ancestry reflected ...

Pope Leo XIV was inaugurated with a ceremony in Rome over the weekend, which saw global leaders come together to mark the ...

U.S. Vice President JD Vance presented Pope Leo XIV with a personalized Chicago Bears jersey during a Vatican meeting, ...