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Pope Leo XIV has roots in New Orleans' 7th Ward. See his family lineage and history.
In prior interviews, Pope Leo XIV said he was open to a vocation to the priesthood because neighborhood priests were always in and out of his childhood, as his mother often fed them. "Now we know why her cooking was so good— both her mother and father were from New Orleans.
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A special noontime Mass at St. Louis Cathedral in the French Quarter drew a crowd Thursday as local ...
CHICAGO -- Robert Francis Prevost, the Chicago-born man who became Pope Leo XIV on Thursday, has Black family roots in New ...
New Orleans' 7th Ward neighborhood has long been recognized as a cultural stronghold for people of African, French, Spanish ...
The pope’s maternal grandparents, both of whom are described as Black or mulatto in various historical records, lived in the ...
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