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ST. LANDRY PARISH — It’s festival time in Opelousas as the Holy Ghost Catholic Church Creole Festival returns for its 31st year. The three-day celebration, running Friday through Sunday, brings ...

Beginning this quarter, the College is offering a new minor in Kreyòl and Haitian studies, housed in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures. The minor program was developed by assistant ...

AdventHealth and Heart of Florida United Way partnered for the third consecutive year to introduce the next phase of a first-of-its-kind initiative aimed at encouraging Central Floridians to discuss ...

As the first Catholic pope from the United States, Pope Leo XIV has an ancestry that traces back to the Creole and free people of color from Louisiana, illustrating complex and interconnected issues ...

NEW ORLEANS — The new pope’s French-sounding last name, Prevost, intrigued Jari Honora, a New Orleans genealogist, who began digging in the archives and discovered the pope had deep roots in the Big ...

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 ...

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Pope Leo XIV, 69, is the first-ever American-born pontiff Abigail Adams is a Human Interest Writer and Reporter for PEOPLE. She has been working in journalism for seven years. TIZIANA FABI/AFP via ...

Robert Francis Prevost, the Chicago-born cardinal selected Thursday as the next pope, is partially descended from Creole people of color, according to Jari C. Honora, a noted genealogist and historian ...

The transformation from surfboard-themed sports bar to sleek New Orleans hideaway is complete, and now, all Chris Tincher needs before he opens his new restaurant — Todd’s Creole Kitchen — are some ...