Everyone is the pope’s cousin,” Father Gibson said. “I hope he gets to meet all of his new cousins.” On Thursday, Cardinal Robert Prevost stepped onto the balcony of St

This is like a reward from God,” a local parishioner said, as researchers unearthed more details about the lives of Leo XIV’s ancestors in the heart of the city’s Afro-Caribbean culture.

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