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

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

Pope Leo XIV will emphasize "the priority of human dignity over all else," said White. She said that while Chicagoans and ...

After Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, was elected pope, genealogists got to work. What they found surprised them.

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

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

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

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

The white smoke rose from the Vatican, and Pope Leo XIV has delivered his inaugural Mass in the past two weeks.

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 ...

The clerk’s office discovered a Declaration of Intention form signed by Pope Leo XIV’s paternal grandfather, the first step in becoming a U.S. citizen.