Pope Leo received an official copy of his family tree, which includes his ties to "free people of color" in New Orleans.

The Village of Dolton recently purchased the childhood home of Pope Leo XIV for $375,000, and is working to obtain landmark status for both the home and the abandoned St. Mary's of Assumption church ...

From an Authentic Memoir Furnished by His Order "is a papal biography based on a manuscript provided by Pope Leo XIII himself ...

Pope Leo XIV's maternal grandparents were black or mixed and of Creole descent, moving from New Orleans to Chicago at the turn of the 20th century, reports said Friday.

After Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, was elected pope, genealogists got to work. What they found surprised them.

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 ...

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

A noted historian dug into Pope Leo XIV‘s family tree, discovering it includes a who’s who of A-list celebrities, political figures and even a famous novelist.

New research shows that the new Pope also shares ancestry with political leaders like Hillary Clinton and Justin Trudeau, as well as American writer Jack Kerouac During his first address, Pope Leo ...

The newly appointed Pope Leo XIV has several star studded branches on his family tree.

Pope Leo XIV is ‘person of color’ with surprising ancestry that traces back to New Orleans A new report revealed that Pope Leo XIV's maternal grandparents were black or mixed of Creole descent ...