OPELOUSAS, La. (KLFY) — An Opelousas man and his family, the Lemelle family, who recently discovered family ties to Pope Leo XIV, have departed from St. Landry Parish for Rome to meet the Pope.
The Lemelle family received an invitation to meet Pope XIV after Charles Richard, a deacon at Holy Ghost Catholic Church wrote a letter to the Holy See outlining their genealogical findings.
Deacon Richard, investigated his family history, leading to the discovery of this familial connection to the Pope through a shared relative Francios Lemelle…