Pope Leo XIV, the first American pontiff, has Creole lineage from New Orleans, according to records shared after his election ...

Zydeco icon Jeffery Broussard drops Bayou Moonlight May 23 — an electrifying fusion of Creole roots and New Orleans brass.

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

His ancestry, traced to a historic enclave of Afro-Caribbean culture, links Leo XIV to the rich and sometimes overlooked ...

The pope's maternal grandparents are described as Black or a person of mixed white and Black ancestry in historical documents ...

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

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

“We are enthusiastic that the research into Pope Leo XIV’s ancestry is shedding light on the complex history of the Louisiana Creole people and the meaning of the term ‘Creole’ itself ...

The genealogical findings underline the significance of Pope Leo XIV being not only the first pope from the United States, but also being the first with documented ancestral ties to Louisiana’s ...

Robert Francis Prevost, the Chicago-born cardinal selected Thursday as the next pope, is partially descended from Creole people of color, according to Jari C. Honora, a noted genealogist and ...