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

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

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

The pope's maternal grandparents are described as Black or a person of mixed white and Black ancestry in historical documents ...

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

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

The first American-born pope has been chosen, and Pope Leo XIV was found to have roots in Louisiana. Find out about pope's ...

The first American pope, Pope Leo XIV's ancestry reveals that he may be one of popes, with roots tying back to Haiti and New ...

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

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 ...

Black and Creole Catholics in the U.S. say that a pope who holds these multiple identities is just what the Catholic Church ...

Black America is taking pride in a truth shaking up the Vatican and resonating through the streets of New Orleans: Pope Leo ...