This is like a reward from God,” a local parishioner said, as researchers unearthed more details about the lives of Leo XIV’s ...

New Orleans' 7th Ward neighborhood has long been recognized as a cultural stronghold for people of African, French, Spanish ...

VENICE, La. – Three people were struck by lightning in Louisiana on Friday, while parts of New Orleans were flooded. Patrick ...

In prior interviews, Pope Leo XIV said he was open to a vocation to the priesthood because neighborhood priests were always ...

While Chicago celebrates the historic election of Pope Leo XIV, New Orleans may have reason to throw a second line of its own ...

Prevost is from Chicago and is taking the name Pope Leo XIV. According to historians at the Historic New Orleans Collection, ...

CHICAGO -- Robert Francis Prevost, the Chicago-born man who became Pope Leo XIV on Thursday, has Black family roots in New ...

When [Pope Leo] came to the balcony, I looked up, and I was like, ‘That dude looks like he could be my brother,” a New Orleans priest said.

De La Salle’s flag football team proved just how difficult it can be to repeat, as they battled for the championship against ...

NEW ORLEANS — Friday, New Orleanians raised their arms and opened their hearts to prayer, celebrating Pope Leo XIV. At one of the most historical places in the French Quarter, the Archbishop held a ...

Louisiana is celebrating a historic moment with the selection of the first American pope, who has roots tracing back to New ...

Pope Leo XIV may have been born in Chicago, but he has Creole roots in New Orleans. Why it matters: The new pope, formerly ...