Remembering Bishop Harold Perry, the first Black bishop in New Orleans and a native of Lake Charles, Louisiana ...

I’m praying for this new pope from the United States who has roots in the 7th Ward. That was a mind-blowing moment for me,’ ...

That all changed with the end of the Reconstruction Era, when Americain- style segregation was codified into law. Creoles of ...

When Father Tony Ricard watched the new pope deliver his first address to the faithful Thursday in St. Peter’s Square, he ...

The St. Louis Cathedral has been the city’s center of worship for over 280 years, but the current building has stood for almost 175 years.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The new pope’s French-sounding last name ... gumbo pot” — signals an inclusive outlook for the Catholic Church. “I want the continued elevation of the universal ...

CHICAGO -- Robert Francis Prevost, the Chicago-born man who became Pope Leo XIV on Thursday, has Black family roots in New Orleans ... has its origins of the French and Spanish colony with ...

“When he came to the balcony, I looked up, and I was like, ‘That dude looks like he could be my brother,’” said Ricard, a New Orleans ... of the Catholic Church in this French-settled ...