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New Pope Has Creole Roots in New Orleans

His ancestry, traced to a historic enclave of Afro-Caribbean culture, links Leo XIV to the rich and sometimes overlooked Black Catholic experience in America.

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Pope Leo XIV’s unexpected New Orleans Creole background excites city’s large Catholic community

Robert Francis Prevost, who on Thursday became the first American elected Pope, has Creole of color roots in New Orleans, according to a genealogist.

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Pope Leo XIV's family tree shows Black roots in New Orleans

CHICAGO -- Robert Francis Prevost, the Chicago-born man who became Pope Leo XIV on Thursday, has Black family roots in New Orleans, Louisiana, records show.

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Alleged ISIS terrorist charged with inciting New Orleans truck attacker, who killed 14 on New Year’s Day

Din Jabbar, 42, to carry out the attack, which also left dozens injured on the famed New Orleans street at the height of New ...

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WABC reporter NJ Burkett reports outside St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City with reaction following Pope Leo XIV's becoming the 1st American pope. New York is set to lower the minimum ...

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