Researchers from the Francis Crick Institute and Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) have extracted and sequenced the ...

Plantevigne arrived in New Orleans in 1909, excited to begin his vocation and intent on celebrating Mass at St. Dominic’s in New Orleans. The pastor of St. Dominic, however, was a (white) Creole ...

In an interview with Louisiana Considered, Jari Honora, a family historian at the Historic New Orleans Collection, shares what he uncovered about the pope’s Louisiana lineage.

Although he was born and raised in Chicago, research shows Leo XIV’s ancestry can be traced back to New Orleans. In an interview with Louisiana Considered, Jari Honora, a family historian at the ...

In the New Orleans 7th Ward neighborhood, Black and Creole Catholics and residents share intrigue of the Robert Prevost's roots to the city and are reminded of an often forgotten history while ...

America's most European city is buzzing over the news that the Catholic Church's new pope is not only from the U.S. but also has Haitian and Creole ancestors from New Orleans.

Europe News: Robert Francis Prevost, the Chicago-born cardinal selected on Thursday as the new pope, is descended from Creole people of colour from New Orleans.The.

Pope Leo XIV has Creole roots in New Orleans, 'a blessing' for the diaspora, advocate says The pope’s maternal grandparents are described as Black or a person of mixed white and Black ancestry ...

New Orleans Celebrates the New Pope’s Creole Roots Pope Leo XIV was born in Chicago, but his family’s New Orleans lineage can be traced back to the 1800s By Robert Barba Share Resize ...

The pope’s background was unearthed Thursday by a New Orleans genealogist, Jari C. Honora, and confirmed to The New York Times by the pope’s older brother, John Prevost, 71, who lives in the ...