Newly named Pope Leo XIV has Creole roots in New Orleans, genealogist says

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Newly named Pope Leo XIV has Creole roots in New Orleans, genealogist says

Robert Francis Prevost, the Chicago-born cardinal selected Thursday as the next pope, is partially descended from Creole people of color, according to Jari C. Honora, a noted genealogist and historian.Honora works at the Historic New Orleans Collection, a museum in the French Quarter, and was a researcher on the TV show “Finding Your Roots” with historian Henry Louis Gates Jr.Honora said in an int ..." ..