The election of Pope Leo XIV, who is the first U.S. pope and has Creole roots, is raising more awareness about the complexity ...

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

In an interview on CBS This Morning, the Pope's brother, John Prevost, confirmed their maternal grandparents were from Haiti.

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

Pope Leo XIV's mother, Mildred Martínez, has Spanish roots, per Vatican News. She was born in Chicago in 1912, according to ...

Genealogist and founder of Unearthing Your Roots, Chris Smothers, traced Pope Leo XIV's family tree which showed a reflection of America's complex racial history.