The first American pope, Pope Leo XIV's ancestry reveals that he may be the first Black pope, with roots tying back to Haiti and New Orleans. When white smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel and ...

Pope Leo XIV’s inauguration ceremony took place in Vatican City earlier today. Many were in attendance, and as tradition goes — when a person is in the presence of a pope, they dress in black ...

The results were announced with white ... Black community of New Orleans. His maternal ancestors lived in the Crescent City before migrating to Chicago in the early 20th century, Honora said. Leo ...

The results were announced with white smoke in St ... traced Prevost’s ancestry to the Black community of New Orleans. His maternal ancestors lived in the Crescent City before migrating to Chicago in ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first American leader ... and chemicals were added to produce either black smoke—indicating no pope has been elected—or white smoke—meaning a pope was been chosen—from ...

The recent election of Pope Leo XIV ... as white on her birth certificate, her father, Joseph Martinez, was recognized as Haitian. Her mother, Louise Baquié, was described as Black and ...

The first American pope's grandparents identified as Black, records show. Robert Francis Prevost, the Chicago-born man who became Pope Leo XIV on ... their race as white. Like so many families ...

The CHC notes Creole people share a history of “resilience in the face of enslavement ... a predominantly Black neighborhood, per Honora's research. Pope Leo XIV grew up in Chicago, not New ...