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Adam Serwer

@adamserwer.bsky.social

Wait the pope is a litebrite Romanista? bsky.app/profile/orga...

29 U.S.C. § 157 @organizingpower.bsky.social · May 8

More details here: Prevost’s paternal grandfather is from Haiti and his paternal grandmother’s name was Baque. His family switched racial identities when they moved north.
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Robert Francis Prevost, now Leo XIV, was named the first American pope of the Catholic Church on Thursday - and his lineage traces back to New Orleans, according to Jari Honora, a local genealogist and historian.

When Honora heard the last name "Prevost," he started sleuthing to find out if Leo XIV's paternal lineage might be French Canadian or even Acadian. What he found, to his surprise, was that Prevost's mother, Mildred Martinez, was "entirely from New Orleans," Honora said.

In less than an hour, Honora - who works for The Historic New Orleans Collection — was able to track the pope's maternal ancestry to the 7th Ward. The pope has "Creole of color roots" on his mother's side, Honora wrote in a Facebook post.

Leo XIV, 69, was born and raised in Chicago and has said that was open to religious life because neighborhood priests were always in and out of his childhood home, as his mother often fed them.

"Now we know why her cooking was so good," Honora said. "Both (of her parents) were from New Orleans."

He said Joseph claimed Haiti as his birthplace, “which could very much be true, given the back-and-forth that has always existed between New Orleans and Haiti." Or, Honora said, "he could have deeper New Orleans roots - still working on that."

The historian also found that in 1900, the young couple bought a home at 1933 North Prieur Street, a site later demolished due to the construction of the Claiborne Avenue overpass. The family then moved to Chicago about 10 years later, where the pope's mother was born.

"Martinez's older brothers and sisters were all born in New Orleans, in the 7th Ward," Honora said. “They moved to Chicago between 1910 and 1912, and like so many Louisiana families, they shifted their racial identity. They moved to a big metropolis and go about what people assume you are."

U.S. Rep. Troy Carter, D-New Orleans, expressed excitement Wednesday about the pope's apparent ties to the city.

"The news that the first American Pope has roots here in New Orleans, with ancestral ties to our Creole and Haitian families, is nothing short of extraordinary," he said.

May 9, 2025 at 12:04 AM

Adam Serwer

@adamserwer.bsky.social

Art.

The cover of the pro-Roma tabloid Il Romanista, which features left wingback Angeliño, who scored the last minute goal drawing the derby with league leaders Napoli. The title says “Angeliño Jolie”

February 3, 2025 at 1:25 AM

𝓜𝓪𝓾𝓻𝓸 𝓥𝓮𝓷𝓲𝓮𝓻

@maurov1968.bsky.social

Il produttore deve essere romanista...

February 13, 2025 at 6:08 PM

Rottweilerin

@rottweilerin.bsky.social

Anche un po' russo, purtroppo (e sono romanista, eh!)

July 7, 2026 at 9:37 AM

Simona Manzini

@simonamanzini.bsky.social

Ma la cena romanista durante la quale Garofani ragionava di politica è stata registrata da un solerte giornalista o attenzionata dai servizi segreti che in teoria avrebbero ben altro da fare? Sulle intercettazioni via Paragon il governo tace.

November 20, 2025 at 10:18 AM

Matteo Vitale

@matteovitale.bsky.social

Conferenza stampa bella, romanista, onestamente non mi pare vero. Normalità.

Ah 👇🏻

November 15, 2024 at 1:25 PM

LN_MTL

@lucn.bsky.social

@adamserwer.bsky.social Romanista here too.

November 26, 2024 at 6:48 AM

white_rabbit

@bianconiglio.eurosky.social

Ce restasse nella terza #Roma dovremmo fare così con tutti.
E sono pure romanista

March 15, 2025 at 8:49 PM

Lee Rudnicki

@leerudnicki.bsky.social

Forza Roma ❤️ #leerudnicki #photography #roma #rome #italy #italia #travelphotography #asroma #romanista @asromaoficial.bsky.social

November 30, 2024 at 5:47 PM

MEGAnaire

@meganaire.bsky.social

Suda is still a Romanista confirmed.

November 13, 2024 at 4:36 PM

Calciopédia

@calciopedia.com.br

Bonelli é romanista – no tweet do print, comemora gol de Totti aos 93 minutos, numa vitória de virada sobre a Sampdoria. Ele joga pela Nazionale Italiana Parlamentari, a seleção dos políticos da Itália, que participa de eventos beneficentes.

July 29, 2025 at 10:50 PM

AS Roma

@asromaoficial.bsky.social

🎂 Oggi Egidio Guarnacci compie 91 anni!

🐺 Bandiera romanista, in giallorosso ha vinto la Coppa delle Fiere nel 1961 🏆

Auguri, capitano!

February 3, 2025 at 10:55 AM

Lee Rudnicki

@leerudnicki.bsky.social

AS Roma Curva Sud, Stadio Olimpico, Rome Italy #leerudnicki #photography #ASRoma #Roma #ForzaRoma #SerieA #Romanista #Calcio #StadioOlimpico #soccer #UrbanPhotography #football

January 14, 2025 at 6:20 AM

@GuidoZ

@guidoz.bsky.social

Mooi avondje 10 jaar @willemdudok en @timdegier met @romanista beleefd. En een prachtige anti-held McNulty als WK #Wielrennen

September 27, 2026 at 8:56 PM

gelia-09.bsky.social

@gelia-09.bsky.social

Da romanista sono schifata

February 25, 2025 at 10:25 AM

laura rodríguez díaz

@laurarguezdiaz.bsky.social

yo nunca tengo fomo. ¿sabéis lo que sí tengo siempre? fame, fome, faim, foame (chiste de romanista).

November 26, 2024 at 9:32 AM

AS Roma

@asromaoficial.bsky.social

Attore, romano, romanista.

Si è spento oggi Antonello Fassari, artista capace di regalarci momenti indimenticabili con il suo talento e la sua ironia.

Alla sua famiglia e ai suoi cari va l’abbraccio di tutto il Club.

April 5, 2025 at 7:24 PM

Franca

@zompa.bsky.social

Il fisioterapista è bravo, gentile, professionale, capace ed è pure romanista ma io lo odio lo stesso

a cartoon of winnie the pooh looking at himself in a mirror with the caption " non ne posso piu "

Alt: a cartoon of winnie the pooh looking at himself in a mirror with the caption " non ne posso piu "

media.tenor.com

February 4, 2026 at 3:40 PM

Gazeta Wyborcza

@wyborcza.pl

Zofia Milska-Wrzosińska: - Romanista po porządnym czteroletnim kształceniu będzie na pewno lepszym psychoterapeutą niż psycholog po słabej uczelni i wątpliwym szkoleniu. #PiotrBrzózka #wyborcza lodz.wyborcza.pl/lodz/7,35136...

"To byłaby duża zmiana dla polskich pacjentów". Psycholożka o fatalnej jakości studiów

Zofia Milska-Wrzosińska: - Romanista po porządnym czteroletnim kształceniu będzie na pewno lepszym psychoterapeutą niż psycholog po słabej uczelni i wątpliwym szkoleniu.

lodz.wyborcza.pl

November 28, 2025 at 2:20 PM

Javier Igea Arisqueta

@arisquetaigea.bsky.social

Mi director decía que la lengua que debía saber un romanista antes que ninguna otra era el sardo XD

August 30, 2025 at 7:27 AM

STACCE

@stacce.bsky.social

Commissariato. Interno
commissario: lei è accusata di fiancheggiamento di ecoterroristi, spaccio di sostanze stupefacenti e negazionismo di Totti.
maestra: è un equivoco, poi io sono romanista, i biancocelesti li schifo.
appuntato: aggiungo pure l’accusa di antisemitismo?
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July 7, 2025 at 5:54 AM