As a historically Catholic city, New Orleans was always going to celebrate the new pope. Zoom in: But once news broke that ...

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

The pope's Creole roots in New Orleans are a source of pride among the city's Black Catholics. But the revelation also ...

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

This is like a reward from God,” a local parishioner said, as researchers unearthed more details about the lives of Leo XIV’s ...

He researched his family tree long ago, so when he heard the ‘Baquie’ name in the Pope’s ancestry, it didn’t take long for him to find a Frenchman in common.

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

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

Pope Leo XIV's family tree reflects America's complex racial history, according to records obtained by ABC News.

The pope's maternal grandparents are described as Black or a person of mixed white and Black ancestry in historical documents ...

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 ...

Pope Leo XIV may have been born in Chicago, but he has Creole roots in New Orleans. Why it matters: The new pope, formerly ...