The pope’s family history of “gens de couleur libre,” or free people of color, can be traced back to Opelousas, a ...

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

Pope Leo XIV will emphasize "the priority of human dignity over all else," said White. She said that while Chicagoans and ...

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

The Catholic Church has always been central to Creole identity. The Prevosts aren’t the only ones who passed into white ...

The white smoke rose from the Vatican, and Pope Leo XIV has delivered his inaugural Mass in the past two weeks.

The clerk’s office discovered a Declaration of Intention form signed by Pope Leo XIV’s paternal grandfather, the first step in becoming a U.S. citizen.

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