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

Cardinal Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, is now known to be of African ancestry, part of a growing picture Americans are ...

(OSV News) – A New Orleans genealogist has found that the first U.S.-born pope has Black and Creole roots – and the discovery ...

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

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

In prior interviews, Pope Leo XIV said he was open to a vocation to the priesthood because neighborhood priests were always ...

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

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

The new Pope’s French-sounding last name, Prevost, intrigued Jari Honora, who began digging in the archives and discovered ...

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

Everyone is the pope’s cousin,” Father Gibson said. “I hope he gets to meet all of his new cousins.” On Thursday, Cardinal ...

CHICAGO -- Robert Francis Prevost, the Chicago-born man who became Pope Leo XIV on Thursday, has Black family roots in New ...