Students at St. Peter Claver School wave to President Barak Obama 's motorcade during his visit to New Orleans on Aug. 27, 2015. The school is closing for good at the end of the 2018-19 academic year.

ROSEMARY WESTWOOD, BYLINE: I'm outside St. Peter Claver Church in New Orleans asking people about the new pope. One thing comes up in every conversation. UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: We call him our ...

The services at St. Peter Claver Catholic Church on Philip Street in New Orleans at 8:30 a.m., will honor the community leader and son of local restaurant legends.

There’s a long-running joke within the Creole community in New Orleans that everyone is related. The election of an American pope is giving the joke a fresh spin, says Father Ajani Gibson of St ...

The Roots of Music, the leading nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering New Orleans youth through music education and mentorship, will relocate to St. Peter Claver School in Treme.The ...

Outside St. Peter Claver, Veronique Dorsey, the drummer for the gospel choir, said she hopes knowing the pope is descended from Black New Orleanians could broaden the church's appeal.