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As part of the melting pot of French, Spanish, African and Native American cultures in Louisiana, the pope’s maternal ...

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 ...

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

Pope Leo XIV, is descended from Creole people of color from New Orleans. Jari Honora, a historian at the Historic New Orleans Collection, a museum in the French Quarter, began investigating the new ...

After his father died, Mark Charles Roudané, a retired Minnesota schoolteacher, began going through his dad’s papers. There were scores of binders, the records of a life as a prosperous, white, ...

French Creole families and free people of color, according to The Data Center. Honora also found evidence that the new pope has "Creole of color roots," as his mother is of Creole descent ...

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and the use of French, Creole, and Spanish — though many Creoles today are religiously diverse and primarily speak English.” The CHC notes Creole people share a history of “resilience in the ...

As part of the melting pot of French, Spanish, African and Native American cultures in Louisiana, the pope’s maternal ancestors would be considered Creole. “It was special for me because I ...

Pope Leo XIV's Creole Heritage Highlights Complex History of Racism and the Church in America NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The new pope’s French-sounding last name, Prevost, intrigued Jari Honora ...