The Pope’s Black Roots: What Henry Louis Gates Just Told Leo

The new American pope just learned his family tree includes black ancestors, slaveholders — both white and black — and a few celebrities.

Professor Henry Louis Gates and his wife, Dr. Marial Inglesias Utset met with Pope Leo on Saturday to go through his family tree.

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