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Catholic mom of 10 honored as ‘queen of mothers’ at New Orleans vigil Mass
A Catholic mother of 10 and grandmother of 30 was honored by New Orleans’ Archbishop Gregory Aymond during a special vigil ...
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Genealogist says new pope’s Black, Creole roots illuminate rich multiracial history of United States
(OSV News) – A New Orleans genealogist has found that the first U.S.-born pope has Black and Creole roots – and the discovery ...
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Black, Creole, 7th Ward Louisianans celebrate the pope's New Orleans lineage: 'So dope'
New Orleans' 7th Ward neighborhood has long been recognized as a cultural stronghold for people of African, French, Spanish ...
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Pope Leo XIV's Creole heritage highlights complex history of racism and the church in America
New Orleans' jazz tradition and brass band parades known as second-lines. He hoped the pope’s Creole heritage — emerging ...
New Orleans Celebrates the New Pope’s Creole Roots
Everyone is the pope’s cousin,” Father Gibson said. “I hope he gets to meet all of his new cousins.” On Thursday, Cardinal ...
New Pope Has Creole Roots in New Orleans
His ancestry, traced to a historic enclave of Afro-Caribbean culture, links Leo XIV to the rich and sometimes overlooked ...
New pope’s ties to New Orleans highlighted during a special Mass
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A special noontime Mass at St. Louis Cathedral in the French Quarter drew a crowd Thursday as local ...