The pope’s family history of “gens de couleur libre,” or free people of color, can be traced back to Opelousas, a ...

There’s no record the new pope ever identified as Black, and he may never have researched his family’s roots in New Orleans.

I share an ancestral connection with Pope Leo XIV. What does that story say about race, religion, and ancestry in America?

When local T-shirt shop Dirty Coast heard that Pope Leo XIV had family ties to New Orleans, they did what they do best and ...

When someone accepts election as pontiff, there undergoes a change in that individual, not only in life purpose in leading ...

The Catholic Church has always been central to Creole identity. The Prevosts aren’t the only ones who passed into white ...

Early coverage of Pope Leo XIV has explored the first American pontiff’s Chicago upbringing, as well as the many years he ...

A New Orleans committee announced the remains of 19 Black Americans whose skulls were taken to Leipzig, Germany, in the 1880s ...

The new leader of the Catholic Church has a distinction that goes beyond being the first pope from the United States.