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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The pope's maternal grandparents are described as Black or a person of mixed white and Black ancestry in historical documents ...
ABC News reports that photos of their grandparents were shown to Pope Leo XIV’s brother, John Prevost, and he confirmed it ...
The recent election of Pope Leo XIV, né Robert Francis Prevost, marks a significant moment in history, not only because he is ...
Pope Leo XIV, the first American pontiff, has Creole roots. That is raising awareness about the complexity of the Creole ...
At services on Sunday, some Catholics took particular pride in the election of the first American pontiff, who has familial ...
In Peru, Pope Leo XIV is known as the saintly missionary who waded through mud after torrential rains flooded the region, ...
Pope Leo XIV, or Cardinal Robert Prevost, from Chicago, was chosen to lead the Catholic Church and has Creole roots.
The new Pope’s French-sounding last name, Prevost, intrigued Jari Honora, who began digging in the archives and discovered ...
I, too, address the world's great powers by repeating the ever-present call: ‘never again war,’” Leo said from the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica.
America's most European city is buzzing over the news that the Catholic Church's new pope is not only from the U.S. but also has Haitian and Creole ancestors from New Orleans.
St. Peter’s Square was packed with pilgrims, well-wishers and the curious, many holding up flags from their homelands.