Pope Leo XIV's Creole Heritage Highlights Complex History ... in North, South and Central America, lead back to the church’s foundational roots in its mostly unacknowledged and unreconciled ...

As part of the melting pot of French, Spanish, African and Native American cultures in Louisiana, the pope’s maternal ancestors would be considered Creole. “It was special for me because I ...

As part of the melting pot of French, Spanish, African and Native American cultures in Louisiana, the pope’s maternal ancestors would be considered Creole. “It was special for me because I ...