The pope also shares roots with several politicians. Through one Canadian ancestor, he’s distant cousins with Pierre and Justin Trudeau and Hillary Clinton.

Pope Leo XIV has made waves with some of his fashion choices, returning to much of the traditional pomp of popes past. Vatican watchers wonder if Leo’s sartorial choices mean a return to the past

A new AP-NORC poll finds that just over a month after Pope Leo XIV became the first U.S.-born pontiff, American Catholics are feeling excited about their new religious leader.