“But I couldn’t figure out, What are you?” The revelation that Pope Leo is descended from Creole people of color from New Orleans, including some with potential ties to the ...

Pope Leo XIV’s maternal grandparents were black ... “The family were free people of color prior to the Civil War. When they move to Chicago between 1910 and 1912, they ‘passed’ into ...

“Our Holy Father, Pope Leo XIV, has Creole of color roots from New Orleans on his mother's side!” Honora wrote on social media alongside images of the records. “What a great connection for ...

Pope Leo XIV’s grandparents. They lived on North Prieur Street, just north of the French Quarter, a neighborhood considered the cradle of Louisiana’s Creole people of color. Joseph N.

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 ...

“Our Holy Father, Pope Leo XIV, has Creole of color roots from New Orleans on his mother's side!” Honora wrote on social media alongside images of the records. “What a great connection for our local ...

Creole roots More of Leo XIV's roots in the United States are being unearthed, with a New Orleans-based genealogist discovering his maternal grandparents were people of color with Creole ties ...

CHICAGO -- Robert Francis Prevost, the Chicago-born man who became Pope Leo XIV on Thursday, has Black family roots in New Orleans, Louisiana, records show. ABC News has obtained several records ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, is first US pope In first moments, new pope offers hints about his papacy Last Pope Leo, 1878-1903, was an advocate for worker's rights VATICAN CITY ...