Both Justin Bieber and Madonna are related to Pope Leo, who is also distant cousins with Angelina Jolie and Hillary Clinton.

The newly appointed Pope Leo XIV has some surprising distant Hollywood family members, including Justin Bieber and Madonna. Here’s who else the new pontiff is related to.

When Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost took the name Pope Leo XIV on May 8, 2025, he made headlines as the first American to sit on the papal throne. The real surprise came just wee ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first American pontiff, has shocked the world not with doctrine, but with DNA. A genealogical study by The ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first pontiff from the United States, brings with him a diverse and complex heritage. His roots extend ...

So, what’s the connection between a Grammy-winning pop artist, a past U.S. Secretary of State, and the newly chosen leader of ...

.“Through one Canadian ancestor, Louis Boucher de Grandpre, who was born in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, the pope is related to ...

Madonna and the new Pope are actually cousins. And “The Material Girl” isn’t the only celebrity who is related to Pope Leo ...

Holy pop! According to a new deep dive published by The New York Times, the newly named Pope Leo XIV is related to two of pop ...

Through a distant maternal ancestor, who was born in the 1590s, Pope Leo is ninth cousins, various times removed, with some ...

Soon after Pope Leo XIV became the first American pope on May 8, reports came in that he has African-American ancestry, that ...

This chart was prepared by Henry Louis Gates Jr., American Ancestors and the Cuban Genealogy Club of Miami. It reflects the ...