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

I share an ancestral connection with Pope Leo XIV. What does that story say about race, religion, and ancestry in America?

Census records for Leo's maternal grandparents hint at the complexity of Creole identity and of Black identity in America.

“CBS Mornings” went straight to Pope Leo’s family to confirm Honora’s discovery. In a May 9 interview, the new pontiff’s ...

The View" co-host Sunny Hostin expressed her excitement for Pope Leo XIV after discovering his maternal grandparents were ...

That the new pontiff’s ancestry can be partially traced to a historic enclave of Afro-Caribbean culture in New Orleans has ...

I would suspect that people are very proud that Chicago produced a pope, and it testifies to the fact that there’s a lot of ...

Pope Leo XIV, who was born in Chicago as Robert Prevost, was the first American to be elected Pope - but an expert has warned ...

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

ROME — As the universal Church celebrates the gift of the new Pope, there is one university in Rome where the joy is felt a little more deeply: Pope Leo XIV’s alma mater. The Pontifical University of ...