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

The pope's Creole roots in New Orleans are a source of pride among the city's Black Catholics. But the revelation also ...

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.

America's most European city is buzzing over the news that the Catholic Church's new pope is not only from the U.S. but also ...

This is like a reward from God,” a local parishioner said, as researchers unearthed more details about the lives of Leo XIV’s ...

When Father Tony Ricard watched the new pope deliver his first address to the faithful Thursday in St. Peter’s Square, he ...

In prior interviews, Pope Leo XIV said he was open to a vocation to the priesthood because neighborhood priests were always ...

The election of Pope Leo XIV, who is the first U.S. pope and has Creole roots, is raising more awareness about the complexity ...

Pope Leo XIV's family tree reflects America's complex racial history, according to records obtained by ABC News.

The pope's maternal grandparents are described as Black or a person of mixed white and Black ancestry in historical documents ...

When [Pope Leo] came to the balcony, I looked up, and I was like, ‘That dude looks like he could be my brother,” a New ...

Pope Leo XIV may have been born in Chicago, but he has Creole roots in New Orleans. Why it matters: The new pope, formerly ...