THUMBS UP. Jari Honora, a historian and genealogist at The Historic New Orleans Collection, in early May discovered Pope Leo ...

Pope Leo XIV blessed the more than 150 cyclists competing in the Giro d’Italia on Sunday as the three-week race’s final stage ...

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

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

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

University of Dayton Associate Professor of Religious Studies and author of The Look of Catholics: Portrayals in Popular ...

I am not a Catholic, but I have always had an interest in the traditions of that faith, which now spans 2 millennia and the impact the church has had on world events during that very long time.

A Creole Man’s Triumph over Racism and Homophobia” is the memoir of a 7th Ward resident who discusses his growing activism in ...

Pope Leo XIV made history as the first U.S.-born pontiff. It was recently revealed that he has Louisiana Creole ancestry.

Pope Leo XIV was born Robert Prevost and spent several years living in Dolton, IL, in a humble home that is now up for ...

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

The Minnesota Timberwolves made quite an entrance in the Western Conference finals even if their 143-101 victory in Game 3 ...