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

Here’s what to know. In its earliest usage, Creole referred to people born in the New World, now known as the Americas, as opposed to the Old World — Africa, Asia or Europe, the Creole ...

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

According to a genealogist, Pope Leo XIV has African-Creole roots, inspiring many on social media to claim the church leader as Black. As reported by Black Catholic Messenger, Pope Leo XIV ...

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

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 ...

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

He is the first North American pope and, according to a prominent genealogist, a pope with African-Creole ancestry. The understated candidate triumphed on the second day of voting in a count kept ...

Copeland said as “an African American, a practicing Roman Catholic ... She said there was a time when it was not unusual for someone with Creole roots to move north and not acknowledge their ...

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 ...

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 ...