The emancipation took place on June 19, 1865, two-and-a-half years after President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation ...

The Roman Catholic archdiocese of New Orleans is planning to default on paying a nearly $1m interest payment on more than ...

Catholic churches are celebrating the national holiday of Juneteenth this week by honoring the freedom won by formerly enslaved Black Americans at the end of the Civil War.

For decades, African Catholics have felt their saints have been sidelined. The continent is home to some of the ...

The Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux has officially announced the date for the Episcopal Ordination and Installation of ...

The recent appointment of Leo XIV as the new leader of the Catholic Church has been historic for several reasons. Not only is ...

As donations drop and federal aid shrinks, families across St. Tammany Parish turn to food banks to fill the summer hunger ...

The fire was reported at 1157 Barataria Boulevard on the old campus of Hope Haven. Video from the scene shows the old ...

As it happened, the pope has several generations of Cuban ancestors.

Crews are on the scene of a large fire at Hope Haven in Marrero. Hope Haven & Madonna Manor is a former Catholic school on ...

Former WGNO Sports Director Ed Daniels was posthumously honored by the New Orleans Saints hall of fame with the Joe Gemelli "Fleur-de-lis" award.

William C. Manaker spent much of his younger years in Alexandria attending St. Rita Parish and School and graduating from ...