This is like a reward from God,” a local parishioner said, as researchers unearthed more details about the lives of Leo XIV’s ancestors in the heart of the city’s Afro-Caribbean culture.

New Orleans Catholics feel inspired by Pope Leo XIV connections to Creole in New Orleans. Channel 5's GM released a statement saying the station and its parent company require employees "to adhere to the highest ethical standards.

The pope's maternal grandparents are described as Black or a person of mixed white and Black ancestry in historical documents dug up by New Orleans-based genealogist Jari Honora.