It's really special to have the book be picked because it feels like a kind of acceptance of the Vietnamese community,' the ...

While Pope Leo XIV was born in Chicago, Illinois, records show that his family lineage has deep roots in Louisiana.

The pope's Creole roots in New Orleans are a source of pride among the city's Black Catholics. But the revelation also ...

This is like a reward from God,” a local parishioner said, as researchers unearthed more details about the lives of Leo XIV’s ...

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

Pope Leo XIV's family tree reflects America's complex racial history, according to records obtained by ABC News.

Jari Honora has been tracing bloodlines and family lineage since he was 9 years old, when he began a yearslong journey to ...

In an interview with Louisiana Considered, Jari Honora, a family historian at the Historic New Orleans Collection, shares ...

When [Pope Leo] came to the balcony, I looked up, and I was like, ‘That dude looks like he could be my brother,” a New ...

Census data from 1900 shows Pope Leo XIV's grandparents lived on North Prieur Street where the Claiborne Overpass is now.

Jari Honora, family Historian with the Historic New Orleans Collection, was the first to discover the pontiff's family ties. "I was just thrilled and almost in disbelief that the pope would have a ...