* In Central City, 141-year-old St. Francis de Sales parish and nearby 92-year-old Holy Ghost parish were closed, re-emerging as a new parish called St. Katharine Drexel, named after the founder ...

The first Black people to serve in the Louisiana Legislature and Civil War leaders established a church with 1846 roots. St.

New crime statistics from data analyst Jeff Asher show that violent crime in New Orleans is still surging in 2023. According to Asher, there have been eight homicides in the city. For comparison ...

Pastor Reginald Landry of First Evangelist Baptist Church in Central City, New Orleans is tackling one of the highest drug overdose rates in the country.

The Archdiocese of New Orleans is expected to announce the consolidation of multiple parishes in its largest contraction of Roman Catholic churches since 2008.

Where Mardi Gras beads drape from magnolia trees and the sound of church bells cuts through the Southern heat, New Orleans has always been a city consumed with both pleasure and worship. With ...

Two years after Nekisha McGlothen's son, Khyron Nellon was gunned down in New Orleans, leaders with a local church and non-profit organization are calling on city leaders to take action for ...

The New Orleans Fire Department is on the scene of an apparent building collapse in Central City Saturday night.

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — A New Orleans pastor of a Central City church has been charged with money laundering, the U.S. Dept. of Justice announced on Friday.

New Orleans Public Radio covers the intersection of health, community and politics — investigating disparities in health access and health outcomes. We’re reporting on the coronavirus pandemic ...

A New Orleans pastor, Rev. Orin D. Grant Sr., shared his suspected causes behind the city's crime surge after his son was taken by gun violence in August 2022.

NEW ORLEANS — A New Orleans church’s sign urging people to get vaccinated was vandalized overnight. Someone spray painted over the sign in front of First Grace United Methodist Church in Mid ...