Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Robert Francis Prevost, the newly appointed Catholic leader who took the name Pope Leo XIV, has a surprising connection to a ...

The new pope is of Louisiana Creole descent, and according to one genealogist, that will put a global spotlight on the Creole people and their mixed ancestry. Pope Leo XIV, born Robert Francis Prevost ...

Being an eighth generation Louisiana Creole who’s been researching and telling the story of my people since the 1990s, discovering that Pope Leo XIV shares a piece of our geographic and familial ...

Bryant Benoit, a Lafayette visual artist known for work that explores the African diaspora and Louisiana experience, died ...

Last week, Robert Francis Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, made history when he became the first pontiff from the United States. Although he was born and raised in Chicago, research shows Leo XIV’s ancestry ...

The use of French and Creole in Louisiana has been on the decline for decades, although a number of initiatives and organizations are attempting to slow the slide and preserve the state’s unique ...

Robert Francis Prevost, the Chicago-born cardinal selected Thursday as the new pope, is descended from Creole people of color from New Orleans. The pope’s maternal grandparents, both of whom are ...

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Robert Francis Prevost, the newly appointed Catholic leader who took the name Pope Leo XIV, has a surprising connection to a Louisiana community with unique origins in the United States. The ...