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How a working-class Chicago suburb and a tight-knit Catholic parish shaped the first American pope
In one of Chicago’s south suburbs, while other boys were playing cops and robbers, the future Pope Leo XIV would pretend to ...
Pope Leo XIV is ‘person of color’ with surprising ancestry that traces back to New Orleans
When [Pope Leo] came to the balcony, I looked up, and I was like, ‘That dude looks like he could be my brother,” a New ...
‘The pope is more Peruvian than the potato.’ Why Pope Leo XIV’s roots resonate in Chicago.
Pope Leo XIV, has a patchwork background that speaks to the melting pot that is the United States — and his birthplace, the ...
Man's passion brings Florida, Tallahassee history into living color
Bill Price's online archive of 150,000 colorized photographs from the 1880s to the early 1950s offer a new perspective on ...
Pope Leo XIV has Creole roots in New Orleans, 'a blessing' for the diaspora, advocate says
The pope's maternal grandparents are described as Black or a person of mixed white and Black ancestry in historical documents ...
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Historic Lake Michigan lighthouse among places ‘that define who we are,’ Gov. Whitmer says
The annual Governor’s Awards for Historic Preservation recognizes historic preservation achievements across Michigan. This year’s seven awardees include the Charlevoix Historical Society for its many ...
See inside: Pictures show inside of vacant church Pope Leo XIV attended as child
Thursday marked a historic day for the Catholic Church that particularly hit home for adherents around Chicago, with the ...
Pope Leo XIV's family tree shows Black roots in New Orleans
CHICAGO -- Robert Francis Prevost, the Chicago-born man who became Pope Leo XIV on Thursday, has Black family roots in New ...
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Rejected by Museums Around the World, This New Art Exhibition Explores the Historical Roots of the Term ‘Homosexual’
The Birth of a New Identity, 1869-1939" is a sprawling collection of more than 300 works at Chicago's Wrightwood 659 gallery ...
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Pope Leo’s Creole Roots Evoke Sense of Connection From Some Catholics of Color
That the new pontiff’s ancestry can be partially traced to a historic enclave of Afro-Caribbean ... Pope Leo is descended from Creole people of color from New Orleans, including some with ...