Xavier University of Louisiana will open a College of Medicine in a partnership with Ochsner Health, executives of Xavier and Ochsner announced Jan. 17.

Prayers and art created by the Young Church will be turned into inspirational prayer cards by the Missionary Childhood Association of the Archdiocese of New Orleans.

Through the generosity of local New Orleanians, Ukrainian-born Karyna Skyba is being educated and kept safe in New Orleans as war rages in her home country.

St. Matthew the Apostle seventh graders reach out to their fellow Catholic schools by sending them saintly greetings.

Archbishop Gregory Aymond delivers his New Year’s message to the Young Church of the Archdiocese of New Orleans.

The Clarion Herald received more than 60 reflections from students talking about what they value the most from their Catholic school education. It's a great affirmation!

Judge Mary Ann Vial Lemmon, a Senior U.S. District Court Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, was honored with Loyola University's "Integritas Vitae" award. She is a Hahnville native.

Dr. Ansel Augustine, director of the Archdiocesan Office of Black Catholic Ministries for the Archdiocese of New Orleans, is involved in a ministry seeking to find peacemakers to help curb the violence in our city.

St. Maria Goretti Catholic Church Parish in New Orleans East, St. Christopher the Martyr in Metairie and St. Anthony of Padua in Luling, Louisiana, and St. Martin de Porres Parish in Crosby, Texas, all conducted Jericho Walks recently to combat violence.

Students in Catholic schools were asked to reflect on the true meaning of Christmas in essay, poetry and art. Here are the nine winners.

Archbishop Aymond’s December column in Kids’ Clarion encourages the Young Church to look beyond the wrapped Christmas presents and see the priceless gift of Jesus’ birth.

Registrations are being accepted through Jan. 6 for participation in the Archdiocese of New Orleans’ annual “Martin Luther King Jr. Day On, Not Off Day of Service.”

In this month’s installment of the items that one sees inside every Catholic church, Kids’ Clarion looks at the chalice and the paten.

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Retired head football coach and athletic director Frank Monica addresses a gathering of St. Charles Catholic supporters and friends at a recent dedication of the playing field at Thomas Dupuy Stadium in his name.

A new women's group hosts events to bolster the faith of Catholic females with talks, prayer and events.

Mount Carmel Academy has added campus ministers and a new intercessory prayer ministry of students, faculty, alumni and friends this year.

There are no answers to the inscrutable: The murders of a beloved retired priest and a former pastoral associate. But Father Otis Young and Ruth Prats were beacons of light.

Update from St. Tammany Coroner's Office on the identification of Father Otis Young, former pastor at St. Peter Catholic Church in Covington.

St. Scholastica student Grace Hartdegen interviews three teens about their 'sweet' businesses.