After Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, was elected pope, genealogists got to work. What they found surprised them.

The new pope, Robert Prevost, who assumed the name Leo XIV, has been celebrated for being an American from Chicago.

I share an ancestral connection with Pope Leo XIV. What does that story say about race, religion, and ancestry in America?

Since news of the new pope, Robert Prevost, who assumed the name Leo XIV, hit the wires, he has been universally celebrated ...

St. Landry Parish Archivist Larry Caillier Jr. has researched the Pope's family lineage, tracing it back to St. Landry Parish ...

The pope’s family history of “gens de couleur libre,” or free people of color, can be traced back to Opelousas, a ...

Pope Leo XIV's election as the first American to lead the Catholic Church elevated him to the rare position of being a U.S.

Pope Leo XIV's ancestry isn't necessarily unique. It's quintessentially American, illustrated by his grandfather's illicit ...

Pope Leo XIV made history as the first U.S.-born pontiff. It was recently revealed that he has Louisiana Creole ancestry. Jari Honora, a family historian at The Historic New Orleans Collection, made ...

There’s no record the new pope ever identified as Black, and he may never have researched his family’s roots in New Orleans.

It's no secret that when the Vatican announced Pope Leo XIV as the next leader of the Roman Catholic Church, everyone wanted ...