An annual 100-hour, nonstop public Bible reading takes place in St. Martinville in the Diocese of Lafayette Jan. 19-23. The holy Bible will be read publicly from cover to cover without pause in the square of ...
The U.S. bishops will be getting acquainted with the heart of Louisiana's Cajun country this week through hearing about two of its best, as the body of bishops will be consulted and asked to voice ...
More than two weeks after Hurricane Ida made landfall in Louisiana, the Catholic community led by Bishop Shelton J. Fabre of Houma-Thibodaux continues to gather resources and volunteers to help people of the parishes hardest ...
The annual Fête-Dieu du Teche in the Diocese of Lafayette is a "time for all of us to renew our faith," following the example of the first Acadians who were "led by their faith" when ...
Amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and a shortage of nurses and other health care workers to treat patients with COVID-19, a Catholic university in Baton Rouge has been graduating nursing students early and accelerating its ...
The sacrifice of five Catholic priests who gave their lives ministering to people in Shreveport during the 1873 yellow fever epidemic is memorialized in stained glass at Holy Trinity Church in downtown. Their stories have been ...
Louisiana voters by a wide margin Nov. 3 passed a measure declaring there is no state constitutional right to abortion, while Colorado voters defeated a proposal to ban abortion beginning at 22 weeks of pregnancy. Unofficial ...
Hurricane Delta deluged much of Louisiana with rain -- as much as 15 inches reported in some areas -- with damage tallies and estimates yet to be completed in the days following the storm's Oct. ...
In an act of solidarity with the 350 parishioners of Sts. Peter and Paul Church in Pearl River, a visibly upset New Orleans Archbishop Gregory M. Aymond celebrated Mass Oct. 10 for a second consecutive ...
Countless numbers of Americans were already at risk of homelessness this year because of job losses related to the novel coronavirus pandemic. Natural disasters have further aggravated the precarious condition that many people find themselves ...
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