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Pope Leo XIV’s link to Haiti is part of a broader American story of race, citizenship and migration

  • Written by Chelsea Stieber, Associate Professor of French Studies, Tulane University
imagePope Leo XIV appears before thousands of journalists on May 12, 2025, in Vatican City.Vatican Media via Vatican Pool/Getty Images

Early coverage of Pope Leo XIV has explored the first American pontiff’s Chicago upbringing, as well as the many years he spent in Peru, first as a missionary and then as a bishop.

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