“Robert Prevost was a missionary bishop who gave himself fully to his people and who played an important role in the church of his new country, Peru. In fact, he became a Peruvian citizen,” Canadian ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first American pontiff, has Creole roots. That is raising awareness about the complexity of the Creole ...

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

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The new pope’s French-sounding last name, Prevost, intrigued Jari Honora, a New Orleans genealogist, who ...

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Musician PJ Morton purchased Studio in the Country, where Stevie Wonder and Willie Nelson once recorded, to preserve the Louisiana landmark.

Some artists and bands performed traditional Black Masking Indian music, which is driven by West African percussive rhythms, ...

A crowd dances and sings along with Pearl Jam at the Festival Stage during the seventh day of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage ...

Decades before Jackie Robinson integrated Major League Baseball, these Black musicians were fighting discrimination and ...