Part of his job is to bring the Catholic community together again, and it’s already started,” John Prevost, Pope Leo XIV's older brother.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we hear about the new pope’s Creole heritage and family ties to New Orleans. We also learn ...

The pontiff held his first meeting with the news media at the Vatican and called on reporters to choose “the path of ...

The next time someone asks sarcastically if the pope is Catholic, tell them not so fast. He apparently has Jewish cousins.

Black America is taking pride in a truth shaking up the Vatican and resonating through the streets of New Orleans: Pope Leo ...

As a historically Catholic city, New Orleans was always going to celebrate the new pope. Zoom in: But once news broke that ...

Then-Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost attends the funeral of Pope Francis. He was elevated to Pope Leo XIV on Thursday, and news quickly broke that Prevost's family has Creole roots in New Orleans.

Black and Creole Catholics in the U.S. say that a pope who holds these multiple identities is just what the Catholic Church ...

(OSV News) – A New Orleans genealogist has found that the first U.S.-born pope has Black and Creole roots – and the discovery ...

A Louisiana man has died after investigators say his vehicle was stopped on railroad tracks when it was struck by a train.

Pope Leo XIV, born Robert Francis Prevost in Chicago, has been confirmed to have African American ancestry through Creole ...

Following in the footsteps of his predecessors, Leo, the first American pope, is expected to deliver remarks to members of ...