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The Archdiocese of New Orleans has agreed to pay nearly $180 million to victims of clergy sexual abuse under a settlement announced Wednesday. The archdiocese, its parishes and ...
Residents and visitors of the French Quarter would not know which way to walk if it were not for the street name tiles around them.
There’s no record the new pope ever identified as Black, and he may never have researched his family’s roots in New Orleans.
Lee Yuen, a rice merchant, started a shrimp drying platform in Barataria Bay off the coast of Louisiana in 1873.
Pope Leo XIV and I are fourth cousins. I am grateful to Jari Honora of the Historic New Orleans Collection for bringing Pope ...
When local T-shirt shop Dirty Coast heard that Pope Leo XIV had family ties to New Orleans, they did what they do best and ...
The new leader of the Catholic Church has a distinction that goes beyond being the first pope from the United States.
Pope Leo XIV's genealogy can be traced back to Haiti, where his grandfather, Joseph Norval Martinez. His census records tell ...
From the Civil War to the building changing hands to a wedding venue and resort, here's the full history of what was the ...
The Annabelle doll, which is claimed to be possessed by a demon, was brought to New Orleans. Here's why, and for how long the ...
Beignets are a New Orleans classic, but some stand out as a cut above the rest. These eateries take the doughy sweet treat to ...