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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 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.
Could Leo XIV be the first African American pope? His New Orleans roots say yes | Column
There’s no record the new pope ever identified as Black, and he may never have researched his family’s roots in New Orleans.
Darryl Barthé: The pope’s Creole connection isn’t a new one for Chicago
The Catholic Church has always been central to Creole identity. The Prevosts aren’t the only ones who passed into white ...
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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 ...
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Will Sutton: We, New Orleans Black Creoles, are claiming Pope Leo XIV as one of us
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 ...
New Pope Leo T-shirts honoring his New Orleans roots
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 ...
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Blacks celebrate Pope Leo XIV's Creole lineage from New Orleans
The new leader of the Catholic Church has a distinction that goes beyond being the first pope from the United States. Records ...