Louisiana

(OSV News) — Amid immigration raids in Louisiana, dozens gathered at a New Orleans church for a candlelight vigil, praying for both those detained and for law enforcement officials. The …

Amid immigration detention sweeps in Louisiana, Archbishop Gregory M. Aymond of New Orleans and Bishop Michael G. Duca of Baton Rouge have each issued dispensations to faithful in their respective …

A federal appeals court will hear arguments in January about state laws in Texas and Louisiana requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public school classrooms.

“If we lean on each other and together rely on Jesus Christ, as a church, we will be renewed, and together bear much fruit for the kingdom of God.”

(OSV News) — “I do not deserve to be an apostle, but by the grace of God that is what I am,” said Bishop Simon Peter Engurait, newly ordained and …

Storm showed “deep racial and socio-economic disparities across various sectors” — environmental justice, systemic housing inequality, and disaster response. 

“I was bewildered by the massiveness of the devastation [of Hurricane Katrina]…The only place I could go to was the Lord.”

1. All speeches and messages from Pope Leo XIV since his May 8 election are available on the Vatican website and should be consulted before sharing alleged quotes or videos, …

(OSV News) — A young Catholic family in New York state is crediting their newborn baby’s apparent healing in the womb from a potentially fatal diagnosis to the intercession of Charlene …

(OSV News) — Several Catholic high schools are mourning former students among the victims of a Jan. 1 terrorist attack in New Orleans. Fourteen people were killed and dozens wounded after …