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.

Pope Leo XIV declares the 2007 Rhode Island baby's recovery a miracle, crediting physician’s prayer to Father Valera Parra for saving the newborn’s life.

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

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

Pope Leo XIV, who is the first American pope in history, has lineage among “free people of color” in the U.S. dating back to at least the 1840s, a genealogist told Forbes.

Pope Leo XIV’s family has roots in Louisiana’s Creole population, according to research by Jari C. Honora, a genealogist with the Historic New Orleans Collection.

Noblemen, enslaved people, freedom fighters, slaveowners: what the complex family tree of the first American pontiff reveals.

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.