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

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 Orleans priest said.

The first American-born pope has been chosen, and Pope Leo XIV was found to have roots in Louisiana. Find out about pope's ...

Once concentrated in a few spots in the Warehouse District, the New Orleans tech community has grown in size and become more ...

Robert Francis Prevost, who on Thursday became the first American elected Pope, has Creole of color roots in New Orleans, ...

Prevost is from Chicago and is taking the name Pope Leo XIV. According to historians at the Historic New Orleans Collection, ...

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

The pope’s maternal grandparents, both of whom are described as Black or mulatto in various historical records, lived in the ...

De La Salle’s flag football team proved just how difficult it can be to repeat, as they battled for the championship against ...

Louisiana is celebrating a historic moment with the selection of the first American pope, who has roots tracing back to New ...

This discovery is just an additional reminder of how interwoven we are as Americans," a genealogist announced.

A proposal making its way through the Louisiana Legislature would give the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans the ...