Pope Leo XIV Is Reportedly Related to These 2 Pop Legends — And the Vatican Previously Condemned One of Them

Scandal, slavery and celebrity are all part of Pope Leo XIV's ancestry

Pope Leo XIV is a man of the cloth, and some of the ancestral threads woven to make the world’s first U.S. and Chicago pope are stained in blood, scandal — and even glitter with celebrity.The Dolton-born pontiff’s roots have been under a microscope ever since his election to head the Catholic Church May 8, but perhaps no one has offered a sharper focus than Harvard University Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., writing in the latest edition of The …

Pope Leo XIV is reportedly related to Justin Bieber and Madonna

Pope Leo XIV is reportedly related to a roster of famous names, including Justin Bieber and Madonna, according to a new report by the New York Times.

Pope Leo XIV Is Reportedly Related to These 2 Pop Legends — And the Vatican Previously Condemned One of Them

Pope Leo XIV is distantly related to Madonna and Justin Bieber, according to 'The New York Times.'