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 ...

The discovery that the first U.S.-born pope has black and Creole roots is a finding that illustrates the nation’s rich, ...

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 ...

The revelation that Pope Leo XIV has Louisiana Creole roots shines a light on a community of Catholics that has shaped New ...

Not coincidentally, Catholicism is growing fastest in the African continent. The election of Leo XIV gives the Creole community center stage to tell our complicated history to America and the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...