ST. LANDRY PARISH, La. (KLFY) — It’s amazing what a trip to the courthouse will get you, because come to find out, the Pope, Robert Francis Prevost has a family history right in St. Landry Parish that ...

NEW ORLEANS — When white smoke was seen coming from the Sistine Chapel back in May, it wasn’t long before the Archdiocese of New Orleans realized something special had happened. “After the Pope was ...

New genealogical research traces the Pope’s ancestry back to the 1500s, revealing what Harvard historian Henry Louis Gates Jr. calls ‘one of the most diverse family trees’ he’s ever come across. Pope ...

A Boston exhibit is inviting guests to explore Pope Leo XIV’s family tree in depth, spanning 14 generations of history tracing the pontiff’s connections to noblemen, freedom fighters, enslaved men and ...

At 7 p.m. Tuesday (Oct. 21), the Old Ursuline Convent Museum, 1112 Chartres St., will host “Faith, Family and Footprints: Tracing Pope Leo XIV’s Lineage through Colonial and Catholic Records,” ...

Pope Leo XIV's family tree shows ties to a wealthy Creole family of color in Louisiana. NBC News' Maya Eaglin spoke with a genealogist who traced Pope Leo's lineage ...

The newly appointed Pope Leo XIV has several star studded branches on his family tree. The Catholic leader, who made history by becoming the first American pope following the death of Pope Francis, ...

A free Genealogy Expo will take place from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Feb. 28, at the East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie. Michelle Bell ...