A marriage certificate from the Louisiana State Archives shows Leo's maternal grandparents — Joseph N. Martinez and Louise Baquie — married in New Orleans on Sept. 17, 1887.

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

NEW ORLEANS — Friday, New Orleanians raised their arms and opened their hearts to prayer, celebrating Pope Leo XIV.At one of the most historical places in the French Quarter, the Archbishop held ...

Pope Leo XIV has been presented with a physical copy of his family tree, which features some Black relatives. The news comes after The New York Times reported that Leo, born Robert Prevost in Chicago, ...

The election of Pope Leo XIV, who is the first U.S. pope and has Creole roots, ... shows genealogy material of the grandparents of Pope Leo XIV in New Orleans, Friday, May 9, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV’s grandparents on his mother’s side lived in New Orleans before they migrated to Chicago, where his mother, Mildred Martinez Prevost, was born in 1912, said Jari C. Honora, a ...

A genealogist has discovered that Pope Leo XIV has Creole roots in New Orleans, where Black Catholics are now celebrating "Pope Leo of the 7th Ward." ...

"It's clear that the Pope has centuries-long ties to free people of color in Louisiana," Smothers told ABC News. On the 1900 census, while his family lived in New Orleans, both Leo XIV's maternal ...

NEW ORLEANS — Pope Leo XIV made history as the first American to lead the Roman Catholic Church — and now, there’s a Louisiana connection that’s making headlines.

Pope Leo XIV was elected at 69 years old, so the next time white smoke leaves the conclave, Sacred Heart's classrooms will likely be full of different smiling faces. Click here to report a typo.

Why Black Catholics in New Orleans feel a special connection to Pope Leo XIV. Despite being born in Chicago and living most of his adult life in Peru, the first American pope has been claimed by ...