The Rev. Gosbert Rwezahura opened Mass on Sunday morning by saying what everyone in the pews was thinking. “Habemus papam!” he exclaimed at Christ Our […]
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Pope’s Family History Offers a Glimpse Into the American Creole Journey
“In the 1970s, when busing began in the schools, the teachers were tasked with categorizing the students in their classrooms,” said Wendy Gaudin, 54, referring […]
See Historical Records Documenting the Pope’s Creole Roots in New Orleans
The Vatican conclave surprised the world this week by selecting the first American pope, a native of Chicago. Soon after, a respected genealogist surprised the […]
Pope Leo XIV’s Creole Roots Tell a Story of New Orleans
One day in June 1900, a census taker visited the New Orleans home of Joseph and Louise Martinez, Pope Leo XIV’s grandparents. They lived on […]
Dynamic Black Marching Bands Are Super Bowl Stalwarts
Long before Michael Jackson, the Rolling Stones and Rihanna, there was Freddie Colston. Colston was just a 20-year-old student from tiny Fairbanks, La., when he […]
With Spotlight on New Orleans, Louisiana Moves Homeless Out of Sight
In the frigid early morning darkness on Wednesday, Louisiana State Police officers went tent to tent in an encampment that had sprouted beneath an overpass […]
President Biden Meets With Families of New Orleans Attack Victims
The most famous street in New Orleans, lined with iron lace balconies and typically packed with tourists spilling from bars and jazz clubs, transformed into […]
New Orleans Attacker Visited City Twice and Made Trips to Egypt and Canada
Months before the man behind the New Orleans terror attack plowed a truck into a New Year’s Day crowd, he rode through the area on […]
As Life Roars Back on Bourbon Street, Locals Question City’s Priorities
At various points along Bourbon Street, people had left flowers, candles, stuffed animals and what appeared to be a tamale wrapped in foil. On the […]
New Orleans Releases Most Names of Victims Killed in Attack
Things had been looking up for Elliot Wilkinson, a 40-year-old man who was among the 14 people killed in New Orleans this week in what […]