Is Madonna related to Pope Leo XIV? All about her shocking connection to pontiff
Madonna has found herself unexpectedly linked to the Vatican—this time not through controversy, but through family. According to a new New York Times report by historian Henry Louis Gates Jr., the singer is a distant relative of the newly elected Pope Leo XIV. Pope Leo XIV shares a common ancestor, Louis Boucher de Grandpré of Quebec, with a surprising list of celebrities among them are Madonna, Angelina Jolie, Justin Bieber, Jack Kerouac, Hillary Clinton, and both Pierre and Justin Trudeau.(AFP) The discovery was made through a joint project between The Times, American Ancestors, and the Cuban Genealogy Club of Miami, which traced the Pope’s family roots on both sides. New Orleans-based genealogist Jari C. Honora first uncovered the Pope’s Creole ancestry, revealing that the 69-...