NEW ORLEANS — When white smoke was seen coming from the Sistine Chapel back in May, it wasn’t long before the Archdiocese of New Orleans realized something special had happened. “After the Pope was ...

America's most European city is buzzing over the news that the Catholic Church's new pope is not only from the U.S. but also has Haitian and Creole ancestors from New Orleans. While Pope Leo XIV was ...

ST. LANDRY PARISH, La. (KLFY) — It’s amazing what a trip to the courthouse will get you, because come to find out, the Pope, Robert Francis Prevost has a family history right in St. Landry Parish that ...

New genealogical research traces the Pope’s ancestry back to the 1500s, revealing what Harvard historian Henry Louis Gates Jr. calls ‘one of the most diverse family trees’ he’s ever come across. Pope ...

Pope Leo XIV's family tree shows ties to a wealthy Creole family of color in Louisiana. NBC News' Maya Eaglin spoke with a genealogist who traced Pope Leo's lineage ...

At 7 p.m. Tuesday (Oct. 21), the Old Ursuline Convent Museum, 1112 Chartres St., will host “Faith, Family and Footprints: Tracing Pope Leo XIV’s Lineage through Colonial and Catholic Records,” ...

A free Genealogy Expo will take place from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Feb. 28, at the East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie. Michelle Bell ...

ST. LANDRY PARISH, La. (KLFY) — It’s amazing what a trip to the courthouse will get you, because come to find out, the Pope, Robert Francis Prevost has a family history right in St. Landry Parish that ...