In rural Lafayette Parish, in one of the most Catholic regions of the country, a little village called Vatican sits on La. 93 between Scott and Cankton.
Some of Vatican’s principal streets are Vatican Road, Pope Drive and Bishop Street. It’s about 5 miles away from St. Peter Roman Catholic Church in Carencro, but there’s only one church in Vatican itself — Vatican Baptist Church.
And while Pope Leo has Creole roots that stretch back to Opelousas, there’s no evidence that the first American pope has any connection to this Louisiana outpost of the Holy See…