Festivals Acadiens et Créoles kicks off Friday in Girard Park, celebrating 49 years of Cajun and zydeco music and heritage in Louisiana this weekend. “If you know nothing about our culture ...

In its earliest usage in colonial Louisiana, Creole — créole in French or criollo in Spanish — referred to any person born in the Americas of European or African ancestry. Over time ...

The new pope is of Louisiana Creole descent, and according to one genealogist, that will put a global spotlight on the Creole people and their mixed ancestry. Pope Leo XIV, born Robert Francis ...

Last week came news that lit up my family group text: The new Pope, Leo XIV, the cleric formerly known as Robert Francis Prevost, is, like me, descended from a long line of Catholic Creoles.

NEW ORLEANS — Louisiana's Cajun and Creole heritage takes center stage this weekend when the Festivals Acadiens et Creoles marks a half-century of honoring and celebrating the culture through ...

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 ...

As part of the melting pot of French, Spanish, African and Native American cultures in Louisiana, the pope’s maternal ancestors would be considered Creole. “It was special for me because I ...

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 ...