Pope Leo received an official copy of his family tree, which includes his ties to "free people of color" in New Orleans.

The first American pope's grandparents identified as Black, records show. Robert Francis Prevost, the Chicago-born man who became Pope Leo XIV on Thursday, has Black family roots in New Orleans ...

When Henry Louis Gates Jr. set out to trace the family tree of America's first pope, he had no idea he was about to uncover ...

Pope Leo XIV, unveiled to the world May 8, is a Chicagoan with Creole and Caribbean heritage rooted in New Orleans. Born Robert Francis Prevost, Pope Leo XIV, 69, is the Catholic Church’s first ...

Fr. Ajani Gibson, pastor of St. Peter Claver in the Seventh Ward neighborhood where the maternal grandparents of Pope Leo XIV lived, sits inside the church in New Orleans, May 9.

Newly elected Dolton Mayor Jason House said on July 10 that a steering committee would be formed in order to plan how to ...

Pope Leo XIV is still keeping his cards close to his cassock, but people who have observed him over the years are helping ...

Pope Leo XIV was raised in Chicago by his parents, alongside two brothers, Louis and John. Here's everything to know about Pope Leo XIV's family, including his parents and siblings.

And it seems quite clear that Pope Leo XIV will continue to build on that heritage. He has already expressed his concerns about Artificial Intelligence and its dangers, especially the diminishment ...

It might sound like the plot of a movie, but newly appointed Pope Leo XIV is reportedly related to one of the biggest pop stars of the ‘80s — Madonna. A tracing of the Pope’s family tree revealed the ...

Burt Odelson, Dolton’s attorney behind the deal, said that the owner agreed to sell amid threats of Dolton taking the house ...

All four of Pope Leo XIV’s maternal great-grandparents were “free people of color” in Louisiana based on 19th-century census records, Honora found. As part of the melting pot of French ...