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How Pope Leo XIV's ‘stunning’ Creole, Black roots fuel hope and pride in 7th Ward New Orleans
The pope's Creole roots in New Orleans are a source of pride among the city's Black Catholics. But the revelation also ...
Pope Leo's family tree shows ties to a prominent Creole family of color in Louisiana
The pope’s great-great-grandmother Celeste Lemelle was a free woman of color from a Creole family that made its wealth from ...
New Pope Has Creole Roots in New Orleans
His ancestry, traced to a historic enclave of Afro-Caribbean culture, links Leo XIV to the rich and sometimes overlooked ...
Pope Leo XIV's family tree shows Black roots in New Orleans
Pope Leo XIV's family tree reflects America's complex racial history, according to records obtained by ABC News.
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How Pope Leo's Creole roots in New Orleans tell "an American story"
Pope Leo XIV may have been born in Chicago, but he has Creole roots in New Orleans. Why it matters: The new pope, formerly ...
New Orleans Celebrates the New Pope’s Creole Roots
Pope Leo XIV was born in Chicago, but his family’s New Orleans lineage dates back to the 1880s.
‘Viva Papa Leo!’ At U.S. Masses, Dawn of Homegrown Pope Brings an Air of Electricity.
In Chicago, New Orleans and beyond, elated worshipers and priests celebrated their immediate sense of connection with Pope ...
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Excitement of new Pope spreads from Catholic students all the way to Archbishop of New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS — As the smoke at the Vatican turned white ... Cardinal Robert Prevost, who chose the name Pope Leo the XIV, was born in Chicago. Archbishop Aymond says this is a great point of ...