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Posted on 05/09/2025 7:08:13 AM PDT by xxqqzz
Robert Francis Prevost, who was selected as the Catholic Church’s first American pope Thursday and took the name Leo XIV, has a family history that some were celebrating as uniquely diverse, with one genealogist claiming he has ties to “free people of color” in New Orleans.
Key Facts The maternal side of Pope Leo XIV’s family can be traced back to at least the 1840s among “free people of color” in New Orleans, according to Jari C. Honora, a genealogist with the Historic New Orleans Collection, a research center documenting the city’s history.
Rep. Troy Carter, D-La., who represents New Orleans, also released a statement Thursday highlighting Pope Leo XIV’s “ancestral ties to our Creole and Haitian families,” saying he was proud “As a Black man” and “a proud son of New Orleans.”
Pope Leo XIV’s maternal grandparents, along with his mother’s older siblings, were “identified in records as Black or mulatto,” Honora told Forbes, but the family “passed … into a white racial identity” when they relocated to Chicago, where the pope’s mother—Mildred Martinez—was born in 1912.
The pope’s grandparents resided in New Orleans’ Seventh Ward, an historically Black neighborhood, before moving to Chicago, Honora said.
Pope Leo XIV was born in Chicago on Sept. 14, 1955 to Martinez and Louis Prevost, a World War II veteran of French and Italian descent.
Martinez’s descent has been widely reported as Spanish, and Pope Leo XIV does not appear to have made major public statements regarding Creole heritage—the Diocese of Chiclayo, where Pope Leo XIV served as bishop between 2015 and 2023, did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Forbes.
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Pope Creole.
LOL!
One-drop Rule.
We have the first black Pope.
“Black features” is not a definitive measure of ancestry. There have been countless Americans with African DNA who historically have “passed” for white, and that’s with far closer black ancestors than that mentioned in this article.
Rachel Dolezal Syndrome ...
how does this affect what kind of pope he will be?
while we are playing this game
his family is from a slave state
any slave owners in his woodpile?
Because that’s the most important issue ... right? o.O
One's heritage does not dictate one's convictions, beliefs and worldview. So, why is a Pope's heritage an issue - it doesn't reflect his heart and mind. Leo XIV is an acolyte of Francis. He was elected by leftist and liberal cardinals who like Leo, are acolytes of Francis. I believe too that the cardinals elected an American believing that by doing so, rich American Catholics who turned off the spigot will turn it back on. My understanding is that the Vatican is $1B in debt.
We are contending with globalists, communists and anti-Christians in the world and that includes the RCC.
Does he have high cheekbones? What did his Mamaw tell him?
The media always, always, always, celebrates the black connection, remember George Zimmerman?
For those who don’t remember since it was ignored, the Hispanic George Zimmerman was part black.
White enough to pass...
“Zero black features”
Have you seen Archie and Lilibet? Zero black features.
Ancestorial wise... It sure sounds like the new Pope is full of it.
I thought he was “white Hispanic.”
“Zero Black features.”
Well, when you get down to 1/16th or 1/32nd or whatever, don’t expect to see a lot in the way of features. Fox’s Jesse Watters is always joking around about his (real) 2% (or whatever) African ancestry. Hell, I know someone who’s 1/4th Chinese but you’d likely never have guessed that without being told.
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