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

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

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

The genealogical findings underline the significance of Pope Leo XIV being not only the first pope from the United States, but also being the first with documented ancestral ties to Louisiana’s ...

The Catholic Church has always been central to Creole identity. The Prevosts aren’t the only ones who passed into white ...

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

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

A genealogist hopes when the pope will stop in New Orleans when he comes to the U.S.: "We have to have a second-line. We have ...

In an interview with Louisiana Considered, Jari Honora, a family historian at the Historic New Orleans Collection, shares ...

When local T-shirt shop Dirty Coast heard that Pope Leo XIV had family ties to New Orleans, they did what they do best and ...

The new leader of the Catholic Church has a distinction that goes beyond being the first pope from the United States. Records ...