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The pope's maternal grandparents are described as Black or a person of mixed white and Black ancestry in historical documents ...

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

Multiple outlets reported this week that the maternal grandparents of Robert Prevost were described as people of color in ...

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

The new pope’s French-sounding last name, Prevost, intrigued Jari Honora, a New Orleans genealogist, who began digging in the ...

Pope Leo XIV, the newly-named head of the Catholic Church, hails from Creole ancestry, according to a genealogist.

Little Rock, AR, USA mdash; The question isn rsquo;t whether the world is ready for a pontiff with African-American ancestry ...

Louisiana Creole expert Jari Honora shared his genealogical research on 69-year-old Chicago native Robert Prevost shortly ...

Pope Leo XIV, who is the first American pope in history, has lineage among “free people of color” in the U.S. dating back to ...

Pope Leo XIV's French-sounding last name, Prevost, intrigued Jari Honora, a New Orleans genealogist, who began digging into ...