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How Pope Leo XIV's ‘stunning’ Creole, Black roots fuel hope and pride in 7th Ward New Orleans
The pope's Creole roots in New Orleans are a source of pride among the city's Black Catholics. But the revelation also ...
Genealogists trace Pope Leo's African ancestry to New Orleans and Haiti
The world is still adjusting to the historic election of Pope Leo XIV—the first American Pope and a native of the Chicago ...
Pope Leo's family tree shows ties to a prominent Creole family of color in Louisiana
Pope Leo XIV, the first U.S. pope, descends from Creole and free people of color in Louisiana, highlighting complex issues to ...
Pope Leo XIV is ‘person of color’ with surprising ancestry that traces back to New Orleans
When [Pope Leo] came to the balcony, I looked up, and I was like, ‘That dude looks like he could be my brother,” a New ...
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How Pope Leo's Creole roots in New Orleans tell "an American story"
Pope Leo XIV may have been born in Chicago, but he has Creole roots in New Orleans. Why it matters: The new pope, formerly ...
‘Viva Papa Leo!’ At U.S. Masses, Dawn of Homegrown Pope Brings an Air of Electricity.
In Chicago, New Orleans and beyond, elated worshipers and priests celebrated their immediate sense of connection with Pope ...
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Excitement of new Pope spreads from Catholic students all the way to Archbishop of New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS — As the smoke at the Vatican turned white ... Cardinal Robert Prevost, who chose the name Pope Leo the XIV, was born in Chicago. Archbishop Aymond says this is a great point of ...
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New Orleans police officers honored for response to New Year's Day terror attack
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