I share an ancestral connection with Pope Leo XIV. What does that story say about race, religion, and ancestry in America?

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Early coverage of Pope Leo XIV has explored the first American pontiff’s Chicago upbringing, as well as the many years he ...

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When Robert Francis Prevost was growing up in a modest house in Dolton, Illinois, no one, not even his neighbors, imagined he ...

St. Landry Parish Archivist Larry Caillier Jr. has researched the Pope’s family lineage, tracing it back to St. Landry Parish in 1792 through the Lemelle and Baquie families, and hopes to ...

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Pope Leo XIV was born Robert Prevost and spent several years living in Dolton, IL, in a humble home that is now up for ...

St. Landry Parish Archivist Larry Caillier Jr. has researched the Pope's family lineage, tracing it back to St. Landry Parish ...

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