As a historically Catholic city, New Orleans was always going to celebrate the new pope. Zoom in: But once news broke that ...

Then-Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost attends the funeral of Pope Francis. He was elevated to Pope Leo XIV on Thursday, and news quickly broke that Prevost's family has Creole roots in New Orleans.

Black and Creole Catholics in the U.S. say that a pope who holds these multiple identities is just what the Catholic Church ...

(OSV News) – A New Orleans genealogist has found that the first U.S.-born pope has Black and Creole roots – and the discovery ...

A Louisiana man has died after investigators say his vehicle was stopped on railroad tracks when it was struck by a train.

In his first audience with the press, the pontiff renewed his support for a more peaceful world and quoted his predecessor, ...

Pope Leo XIV once attended Villanova University. Catholics packed the St. Thomas of Villanova church to celebrate Sunday Mass and the new pope.

The remarks come just one day after calling for a ceasefire and access to humanitarian aid in Gaza and an end to the war in ...

Pope Leo XIV, born Robert Francis Prevost in Chicago, has been confirmed to have African American ancestry through Creole ...

The last five pontiffs have addressed members of the international news media who reported on the conclaves that elected them.

Following in the footsteps of his predecessors, Leo, the first American pope, is expected to deliver remarks to members of ...

The new Pope’s French-sounding last name, Prevost, intrigued Jari Honora, who began digging in the archives and discovered ...