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

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 ...

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.

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

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.

Being an eighth generation Louisiana Creole who’s been researching and telling the story of my people since the 1990s, discovering that Pope Leo XIV shares a piece of our geographic ...

The election of Pope Leo XIV, born Robert Francis Prevost, as the first American pope marks a historic moment for the Catholic Church. Yet, to define him solely by his Chicago roots would be to ...