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.

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 ...

People attending the Mass tell me they were filled with joy, the moment Pope Leo XIV walked onto the balcony of Saint Peter's Basilica.

At services on Sunday, some Catholics took particular pride in the election of the first American pontiff, who has familial ...