Pope Leo XIV was born in Chicago, but his family’s New Orleans lineage dates back to the 1880s.

The election of Pope Leo XIV, who is the first U.S. pope and has Creole roots, is raising more awareness about the complexity ...

ABC News reports that photos of their grandparents were shown to Pope Leo XIV’s brother, John Prevost, and he confirmed it ...

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

Prevost is from Chicago and is taking the name Pope Leo XIV. According to historians at the Historic New Orleans Collection, ...

The newly elected pontiff, born in Chicago, has ancestral ties to the city’s historic Seventh Ward, according to genealogists ...

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

America's most European city is buzzing over the news that the Catholic Church's new pope is not only from the U.S. but also ...

The pope's maternal grandparents are described as Black or a person of mixed white and Black ancestry in historical documents ...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

New Orleans' 7th Ward neighborhood has long been recognized as a cultural stronghold for people of African, French, Spanish ...

The 2025 papal conclave at the Vatican ended with the election of American-born Cardinal Robert Prevost as Pope Leo XIV. Here ...