Get full access to The Daily Beast for $1 The leader of the Catholic Church might have a hidden talent: belting pop ballads. ALBERTO PIZZOLI/Alberto Pizzoli/AFP via Getty Images Pope Leo XIV, who was ...

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 elected, within ...

When Father Tony Ricard watched Pope Leo XIV deliver his first address to the faithful Thursday in St. Peter’s Square, he felt an instant kinship. “When he came to the balcony, I looked up, and I was ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

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 ...

A Boston exhibit is inviting guests to explore Pope Leo XIV’s family tree in depth, spanning 14 generations of history tracing the pontiff’s connections to noblemen, freedom fighters, enslaved men and ...

There’s a long-running joke within the Creole community in New Orleans that everyone is related. The election of an American pope is giving the joke a fresh spin, says Father Ajani Gibson of St. Peter ...

Genealogists and family members of Pope Leo XIV have revealed that the newly named pope, the first-ever American pontiff of the Catholic Church, has direct ties to New Orleans' 7th Ward and the city's ...

From the moment I first entered the archdiocesan archives, I was captivated by its rich history and abundance of records. With records dating back to before 1718, each visit felt like a treasure hunt ...