In an interview with Louisiana Considered, Jari Honora, a family historian at the Historic New Orleans Collection, shares ...

A genealogist hopes when the pope will stop in New Orleans when he comes to the U.S.: "We have to have a second-line. We have ...

By Cedric 'BIG CED' Thornto Research has led to reports that the new pontiff, Pope Leo XIV, has Black family roots that trace back to New Orleans.

The new pope’s French-sounding last name, Prevost, intrigued Jari Honora, a New Orleans genealogist, who began digging in the archives and discovered the pope had deep roots in the ...

"What does the elevation of Cardinal Robert Prevost to Pope Leo XIV mean for New Orleans Catholics?" asks columnist Robert ...

Genealogists have discovered that Pope Leo XIV's maternal grandparents were of Haitian descent, making him the first Haitian ...

The genealogical findings underline the significance of Pope Leo XIV being not only the first pope from the United States, but also being the first with documented ancestral ties to Louisiana’s ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, is now known to be of African ancestry, part of a growing picture Americans are ...

“CBS Mornings” went straight to Pope Leo’s family to confirm Honora’s discovery. In a May 9 interview, the new pontiff’s ...

To the shock of many, the new Pope is not only the first Pope from the United States, but the Pope has Haitian and Creole ancestry as well. Those facts are just some of what we learned as we try to ...

A popular Chicago restaurant chain is celebrating the election of Pope Leo XIV with a sandwich named in the pontiff’s honor.

Fight! ” The other introduced himself to the world with his first public word as pope: “ Peace.” The contrast between ...