The pope's Creole roots in New Orleans are a source of pride among the city's Black Catholics. But the revelation also ...

The newly elected pontiff, born in Chicago, has ancestral ties to the city’s historic Seventh Ward, according to genealogists ...

Census data from 1900 shows Pope Leo XIV's grandparents lived on North Prieur Street where the Claiborne Overpass is now.

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

Organized sports programs have returned to the 7th Ward’s Hardin Park, thanks to coordinated efforts by city agencies to ...

Baquie though was born here. The 1900 U.S. Census shows Joseph and Louise living in New Orleans’ 7th Ward with two children. Both were recorded as Black in the 1900 census. However, a 1910 ...

According to genealogist Jari Honora, his maternal lineage traces directly to the Black community of New Orleans’ 7th Ward, ...