The CHC notes Creole people share a history of “resilience in the face of enslavement, racial discrimination and pressures to assimilate culturally.” What do we know about the pope’s ancestry?

Robert Francis Prevost, the Chicago-born cardinal selected on Thursday as the new pope, is descended from Creole people of color from New Orleans.

Pope Leo XIV, the first American pontiff, has Creole lineage from New Orleans, according to records shared after his election.

Pope Leo XIV, the first U.S. pope, descends from Creole and free people of color in Louisiana, highlighting complex issues to race and class in American history.

Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, is descended from Creole people of color from New Orleans. Jari Honora, a historian at the Historic New Orleans Collection, a museum in the French Quarter, began ...

Robert Francis Prevost, the newly appointed Catholic leader who took the name Pope Leo XIV, has a surprising connection to a Louisiana community with unique origins in the United States. The 69 ...

First as the first U.S.-born pope — and second as the first pontiff with recent ancestors who were Creole people of color in New Orleans, something the new pope has never acknowledged publicly.

The word “Creole” has multiple meanings in a Louisiana context. It can refer to people of European descent who were born in the Americas. But it also commonly refers to mixed-race people of color.

Pope Leo XIV's Creole roots reveal ancestry in New Orleans Pope Leo XIV's papacy has been met with joy, excitement and a renewed sense of hope for the future of the Catholic church.

Robert Francis Prevost, the Chicago-born cardinal selected Thursday as the new pope, is descended from Creole people of color from New Orleans. The pope’s maternal grandparents, both of whom are ...

Robert Francis Prevost, the Chicago-born cardinal selected Thursday as the new pope, is descended from Creole people of color from New Orleans. The pope's maternal grandparents, both of whom are ...