I share an ancestral connection with Pope Leo XIV. What does that story say about race, religion, and ancestry in America?

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

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

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

The pope's maternal grandparents are described as Black or a person of mixed white and Black ancestry in historical documents ...

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

I would suspect that people are very proud that Chicago produced a pope, and it testifies to the fact that there’s a lot of ...

All four of Pope Leo XIV’s maternal great-grandparents were “free people of color” in Louisiana based on 19th-century census ...

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

His selection sparked a wave of congratulatory statements underscoring the significance of his American heritage and deep Latin American ties.

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 back to ... this pope carries a diverse cultural background that’s more layered ...