Alexa Schexnaildre finds joy in her suffering.

Writer feels at home at Clarion Herald.

A fire apparently caused by an electrical malfunction damaged about one-fourth of St. Pius X Mission Church in Crown Point on Monday, Father Luke Nguyen said today.

The annual Mass of Thanksgiving for priests, deacons and religious of the Archdiocese of New Orleans who are celebrating significant anniversaries of service will take place April 7 at 2:30 p.m. at St. Rita Church, 2729 Lowerline St., in New Orleans.

Country singer Karen Waldrup earned a spot on NBC’s “The Voice” singing competition. She landed on Team Dan+Shay. The Mandeville-native gives God the credit for her gift of singing.

St. Paul's letter to the Romans reminds us of the power of restoration and is often included at the Easter Vigil.

March 31, 2024 Easter Sunday Readings

The pope urged the bishops to work for a church in which migrants “do not feel judged but welcomed, where they can quench their hunger and thirst and revive hope.”

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans Archbishop Gregory Aymond's Easter message.

Archbishop Rummel teacher Denise Otillio helps students become better writers at the school’s new writing center. It’s open every day for help.

Thirty-five couples married during 1999 renewed their vows recently at the Silver Wedding Anniversary Celebration sponsored by the Office of Marriage and Family Life.

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The "nine-church" walk is a New Orleans Good Friday devotion. Catholics walk to nine churches to offer prayers in commemoration of the passion and death of Jesus.

New Orleans Catholic Cemeteries will host its annual Good Friday Way of the Cross on March 29 at 10 a.m. at St. Roch Cemetery No. 1 (1725 St. Roch Ave.). Aiding walkers’ prayer will be the St. Roch’s riveting Stations of the Cross sculptures.

Archbishop Gregory Aymond explains the highlights of Holy Week to the Young Church in his latest column for Kids’ Clarion.

New Tulane director of athletics David Harris, when asked what it would take to get the Wave into a Power 5 league, said the first thing the school must do is win consistently. -- Ed Daniels

St. Dominic School’s FIRST LEGO robotics team will be the sole Louisiana team in its age division to compete in next month’s World Championships in Houston.

Vance Vaucresson, the music director of Transfiguration of the Lord Parish in New Orleans, shares his family's 125-year love of Creole cooking in this Lenten special.

Archbishop Gregory Aymond has made the following pastoral appointments, including 17 new pastors and the retirement of seven other priests.

" ... we had lived in several of the same places and, in fact, that the gentleman had grown up in the neighboring town from mine and attended the high school that was our fierce rival."