With the election of Pope Leo XIV, the church and the world had to come to grips with an unexpected, new spiritual leader, ...

The month of June is dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and I am so grateful to God for this revelation. We first ...

Father Simon Peter Engurait was named June 5 by Pope Leo XIV to be the sixth bishop of the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux.

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The o verloaded garbage truck that smashed into a support beam of Interstate 10 and brought New Orleans traffic to its knees for weeks before being pried loose and hauled from its comfortable perch ...

Enchanted by the preps. The list seems endless, but not so important anymore. That’s because my true course of endeavor was charted in 1952, when, as an 11-year-old elementary school student, I saw my ...

When Jeanne Vath Ory heard her name announced at the end of the 10 a.m. Palm Sunday Mass at St. Joan of Arc Church in LaPlace as this year’s Regina Matrum recipient – the archdiocese’s annual award ...

Marianite of Holy Cross Sister Suellen Tennyson, who spent her life as a teacher, congregational leader and missionary and who also was abucted in Burkina Faso, West Africa, and spent nearly five ...

In reality, there are no lone rangers when it comes to explaining the mystery of a vocation to serve the church in ordained ministry or in religious life, Archbishop Gregory ...

The public viewing was scheduled to end late April 25 with another prayer service to close the coffin. Matteo Bruni, director of the Vatican press office, said the Mass originally scheduled for the ...

For many, retirement is imagined as a time of rest, travel and leisure. But what if this chapter of life held an even greater promise? Research consistently shows that meaningful community engagement ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Centuries of experience dealing with the death, or occasional resignation, of a pope has left the Catholic Church with thorough instructions detailing who has responsibility for ...