According to Gates Jr., Pope Leo is also related to Boucher de Grandpre, who fought against the British during the ...

Through a distant maternal ancestor, who was born in the 1590s, Pope Leo is ninth cousins, various times removed, with some ...

Pope Leo XIV, who made history as the first American pope when he was elected in May 2025, is connected to several famous ...

This chart was prepared by Henry Louis Gates Jr., American Ancestors and the Cuban Genealogy Club of Miami. It reflects the ...

and there are promising signs that Pope Leo XIV just may be the voice of clarity that we need. I am a lifelong Catholic, with a family history in the Church going back through generations to Italy ...

Presiding over a Mass in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday, Leo was inaugurated as the first American pope, in a ceremony filled with ancient and symbolic rituals. By Jason Horowitz Reporting from ...

On Sunday, Vance led a U.S. delegation at the inaugural Mass of the first U.S.-born pope, Leo XIV. Both pontiffs — Francis during his papacy, Leo in his prior service as Cardinal Robert Francis ...

Pope Leo XIV’s election as the first U.S.-born leader of the Catholic Church elevated him to the extremely rare, and legally thorny, position of being an American citizen who now is also a ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Cook County Clerk's office has some 80,000 boxes of records stored in warehouses. However, records pertaining to Pope Leo XIV's paternal grandfather were right in their office.

US VP Vance invites Pope Leo XIV at Vatican meeting to visit US Leo, elected May 8, is first pope from US As cardinal, Leo was critical of Trump administration VATICAN CITY, May 19 (Reuters ...

The talks took place as some on the American right who had clashed with Pope Francis, Leo’s predecessor, seek better ties with the papacy. By Elizabeth Dias Reporting from Vatican City Pope Leo ...

Pope Leo XIV’s inauguration mass took place in St. Peter's Square in Rome on Sunday, May 18 Latoya Gayle joined PEOPLE as an Associate Editor in 2024. Her work has previously appeared in The U.S ...