Thursday, May 7, 2026

Pope Leo XIV Has Black-Creole Ancenstors: His Maternal Grandparents And His Great-Great-Grandmother, Celeste Lemelle

 

Alan Archibald

How did I not know this?!?
Even the New York Times has written about it. (See first Comment box, below.)
Did you know?
(Pope Leo also holds dual citizenship: American and Peruvian.)
Alan Archibald
The New York Times reviews Pope Leo's Creole roots. https://www.nytimes.com/.../pope-leo-creole-new-orleans.html
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New Pope Has Creole Roots in New Orleans

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Alan Archibald
It is suddenly hard to see Pope Leo without noting he's a person of color.