The revelation that Leo XIV has roots among New Orleans Creoles has stirred curiosity and joy about the first pope from the ...

The threat of changes to the African American museum has prompted strong responses from Democratic lawmakers, historians, ...

The revelation that Pope Leo XIV has Louisiana Creole roots shines a light on a community of Catholics that has shaped New Orleans, from a famous Voodoo priestess to the self-proclaimed inventor of ...

He specializes in race/racialization in American religious history, with a focus on African American history and Catholicism. He holds degrees from Tennessee State University, Vanderbilt Divinity ...

Pope Leo XIV, born Robert Francis Prevost in Chicago, has been confirmed to have African American ancestry through Creole ...

The Beachwood Police Department reported the man checked out the books from the Beachwood Branch of the Cuyahoga County ...

Ryan Coogler's newest movie, Sinners explores the history of spirituality and western religion through the lens of ...

Through the character of Annie the film introduces viewers to a spiritual tradition that's often been pushed to the margins ...

Catholic history, including in the United States.” Kim R. Harris, associate professor of African American Religious Thought and Practice at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles ...

Preachers like John Marrant proclaimed the gospel across cultures. But the persistence—and defense—of slavery challenged ...

The museum tells the history of chattel slavery ... and Moss describes it as “a church that is unashamedly Black and unapologetically Christian.” The African American museum, one of 21 Smithsonian ...

Black and Creole Catholics in the U.S. say that a pope who holds these multiple identities is just what the Catholic Church ...