At one level, it's going to be really helpful because the name he chose, Leo XIV, is important. He has been very clear about ...

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 ...

Pope Leo XIV's background tells the story of complicated racial identities in the U.S., multiculturalism and Black Catholics ...

His story is a call to hope and a challenge to the Church in India to see finally and fully those it has failed to embrace ...

Reports that the new leader of the Catholic Church has mixed African ancestry offer a fascinating antidote to President Trump’s attacks on diversity in America.

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

My mother was already on her feet, despite the ache of aging legs, gleefully watching repeated news clips about the new pope.

Being an eighth generation Louisiana Creole who’s been researching and telling the story of my people since the 1990s, ...

Pope Leo XIV and I are fourth cousins. I am grateful to Jari Honora of the Historic New Orleans Collection for bringing Pope ...

From the moment I first entered the archdiocesan archives, I was captivated by its rich history and abundance of records.