ST. LANDRY PARISH — It’s festival time in Opelousas as the Holy Ghost Catholic Church Creole Festival returns for its 31st year. The three-day celebration, running Friday through Sunday, brings ...

When I ask you to think of Creole food, images of pink crawfish meat bubbling in stews and andouille-heavy gumbos may be the first thought to come to mind. But if you were to ask Fabrice Armand, he ...

Teresa Wiltz is the deputy editor for special projects at POLITICO Magazine. Last week came news that lit up my family group text: The new Pope, Leo XIV, the cleric formerly known as Robert Francis ...

As the first Catholic pope from the United States, Pope Leo XIV has an ancestry that traces back to the Creole and free people of color from Louisiana, illustrating complex and interconnected issues ...

Robert Francis Prevost, the newly appointed Catholic leader who took the name Pope Leo XIV, has a surprising connection to a Louisiana community with unique origins in the United States. The ...

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 ...

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. While Pope Leo XIV was ...

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Pope Leo XIV, 69, is the first-ever American-born pontiff Abigail Adams is a Human Interest Writer and Reporter for PEOPLE. She has been working in journalism for seven years. TIZIANA FABI/AFP via ...

Robert Francis Prevost, the Chicago-born cardinal selected Thursday as the next pope, is partially descended from Creole people of color, according to Jari C. Honora, a noted genealogist and historian ...

(RNS) — Census records for Leo's maternal grandparents hint at the complexity of Creole identity and of Black identity in America. (RNS) — As a Chicago-born missionary to Peru, Robert Francis Prevost ...

The transformation from surfboard-themed sports bar to sleek New Orleans hideaway is complete, and now, all Chris Tincher needs before he opens his new restaurant — Todd’s Creole Kitchen — are some ...