There’s no record the new pope ever identified as Black, and he may never have researched his family’s roots in New Orleans.

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

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

The new leader of the Catholic Church has a distinction that goes beyond being the first pope from the United States. Records ...

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

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

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

Ron Bechet and Keith Duncan will discuss Duncan’s “Battle of the Bands” exhibition for a Curated Conversation event at 2 p.m.

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

(OSV News) – A New Orleans genealogist has found that the first U.S.-born pope has Black and Creole roots – and the discovery ...

Prevost is from Chicago and is taking the name Pope Leo XIV. According to historians at the Historic New Orleans Collection, ...

Today on Louisiana Considered, we hear about the new pope’s Creole heritage and family ties to New Orleans. We also learn ...