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Pope Leo XIV has roots in New Orleans' 7th Ward. See his family lineage and history.
In prior interviews, Pope Leo XIV said he was open to a vocation to the priesthood because neighborhood priests were always ...
Pope Leo XIV's New Orleans Creole lineage has city buzzing with excitement
While Pope Leo XIV was born in Chicago, Illinois, records show that his family lineage has deep roots in Louisiana.
Pope Leo XIV’s unexpected New Orleans Creole background excites city’s large Catholic community
When Father Tony Ricard watched the new pope deliver his first address to the faithful Thursday in St. Peter’s Square, he ...
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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 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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New Orleans historian on tracing Pope Leo XIV’s hidden Creole roots
In an interview with Louisiana Considered, Jari Honora, a family historian at the Historic New Orleans Collection, shares ...
Genealogists trace Pope Leo's African ancestry to New Orleans and Haiti
The world is still adjusting to the historic election of Pope Leo XIV—the first American Pope and a native of the Chicago ...
Pope Leo XIV has Creole roots in New Orleans, 'a blessing' for the diaspora, advocate says
The pope's maternal grandparents are described as Black or a person of mixed white and Black ancestry in historical documents ...
Pope Leo XIV is ‘person of color’ with surprising ancestry that traces back to New Orleans
When [Pope Leo] came to the balcony, I looked up, and I was like, ‘That dude looks like he could be my brother,” a New ...