Cardinal Robert Prevost celebrates Mass at St. Jude Parish in New Lenox, Ill., in 2024. (Photo courtesy of the Midwest Augustinian Province of Our Mother of Good Counsel via AP) NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The ...

The impact of the news that the new Pope Leo XIV has Louisiana Creole roots in the 7 th Ward of New Orleans was palpable even here in California. Because for the first time the story of Creoles and ...

We live in a confusing era when a minority are history purists, while a majority are varying degrees of the opposite, many using creative license seemingly to sell books. Once, good meant good, then ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The new pope’s ...

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 Big ...