Pope Leo XIV has been presented with a physical copy of his family tree, which features some Black relatives. The news comes ...

Pope Leo XIV received a copy of his family tree from Henry Louis Gates Jr., marking his first public acknowledgment of his ...

Pope Leo XIV got a special visit from Finding Your Roots writer, host and executive producer Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr., to ...

But beyond the celeb connections, Gates’ research uncovered something far more powerful: Pope Leo XIV is of mixed Black and ...

When Henry Louis Gates Jr. set out to trace the family tree of America's first pope, he had no idea he was about to uncover ...

"It's clear that the Pope has centuries-long ties to free people of color in Louisiana," Smothers told ABC News. On the 1900 census, while his family lived in New Orleans, both Leo XIV's maternal ...

By Rebecca R. Bibbs / Chicago Tribune. Since news of the new pope, Robert Prevost, who assumed the name Leo XIV, hit the wires, he has been universally celebrated as being an American from Chicago.

Pope Leo's ancestry puts a spotlight on Black Catholics Honora’s discovery put a spotlight on Black Catholics, said Father Stephen Thorne, a consultant with the National Black Catholic Congress.

Well, they got one in Pope Leo XIV even if this isn’t apparent on the surface.Although the Pope doesn’t identify as Black, he has Black African bloodline flowing in his veins through his mother.

The election of Pope Leo XIV, who is the first U.S. pope and has Creole roots, is raising more awareness about the complexity of the Creole identity.

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV appears at the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Thursday, May 8. Since news of the new pope, Robert Prevost, who assumed the name Leo XIV, hit the wires ...