Thanks to Jari Honora – a 2009 graduate of St. Augustine High School and a family historian in the Williams Research Center ...

A Catholic mother of 10 and grandmother of 30 was honored by New Orleans’ Archbishop Gregory Aymond during a special vigil ...

While Pope Leo XIV was born in Chicago, Illinois, records show that his family lineage has deep roots in Louisiana.

The pope's Creole roots in New Orleans are a source of pride among the city's Black Catholics. But the revelation also ...

The new Pope’s French-sounding last name, Prevost, intrigued Jari Honora, who began digging in the archives and discovered ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, is now known to be of African ancestry, part of a growing picture Americans are ...

New Orleans Archbishop Gregory Aymond is the leader of approximately half a million Catholics in the second-oldest diocese in ...

Gibson, pastor of St. Peter Claver, a Catholic Church in the 7th Ward neighborhood where the grandparents of Pope Leo XIV ...

Everyone is the pope’s cousin,” Father Gibson said. “I hope he gets to meet all of his new cousins.” On Thursday, Cardinal ...

“CBS Mornings” went straight to Pope Leo’s family to confirm Honora’s discovery. In a May 9 interview, the new pontiff’s ...