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Pope Leo XIV, the first American pontiff, has shocked the world not with doctrine, but with DNA. A genealogical study by The ...
“Through one Canadian ancestor, Louis Boucher de Grandpre, who was born in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, the pope is related to ...
Pope Leo XIV has a family tree that spans centuries and apparently includes the Queen of Pop and Canada’s favorite sad boy.
We wonder what Pope Leo XIV had to say about Madonna’s use of religious imagery in the “Like A Prayer.” Especially as it now ...
Pope Leo's ancestry was revealed, which showed a long list of celebrities, politicians and historic freedom fighters on his ...
In an article written by Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates, The New York Times has discovered ... pope’s brother, told the New York Times he and his brothers didn’t discuss their Creole ...
Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. takes a deep dive into the pope's past in New York Times Magazine piece.
A new genealogical investigation into Pope Leo XIV —born Robert Prevost—revealed that His Holiness is distantly related to none other than Madonna, Justin Bieber, Angelina Jolie, and even Hillary ...
So, what’s the connection between a Grammy-winning pop artist, a past U.S. Secretary of State, and the newly chosen leader of ...
Soon after Pope Leo XIV became the first American pope on May 8, reports came in that he has African-American ancestry, that ...
As soon as Robert Prevost was elevated to pope in May, Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and the team he works with for PBS's Finding Your Roots began digging into the pope's family history.