A member of the Treme Brass Band plays during a concert marking the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina Concert at the historically black St. Augustine Catholic Church in New Orleans, Louisiana.

The first American Pope was elected to lead the Catholic Church on Thursday, and the Catholic Community in New Orleans are celebrating with a mass Friday.

Parishioners in St. Augustine expressed a sense of optimism and hope for the new pontiff the morning after the Vatican made the historic announcement.

Ricard – who serves as campus minister of St. Augustine High School, a historically Black Catholic school in New Orleans named for the North African priest who founded the order whose membership ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, the first US pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church, previously the Order of St. Augustine.

Ricard – who serves as campus minister of St. Augustine High School, a historically Black Catholic school in New Orleans named for the North African priest who founded the order whose membership ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, the first U.S. pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church, previously led a Catholic religious order. Prevost, 69, who chose the name Pope Leo XIV, was formerly … ...

The first American Pope has been elected to lead the Catholic Church. Robert Prevost, who has chosen the name Pope Leo XIV, was elected Thursday after a two-day conclave. New Orleans Archbishop ...