Alexandria historian Michael Miller in his book “Burials in St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery 1799-1983” identified the first known burial at the new cemetery as Caven Boa who died Aug. 20, 1799.

When the Rev. Matthew Baum attended Johnstown’s Juneteenth activities recently, he was on a multi-layered mission. Baum, rector at St. John Gualbert Cathedral and St. Patrick Catholic Church, both in ...

Pope Leo XIV’s Creole and African ancestry, traced to Louisiana and West Africa, is prompting celebration and curiosity among ...

Nearly 100 American men and women from the United States are currently being considered for sainthood. And many Catholics ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The St. Louis Cathedral has been the city’s center of worship for over 280 years, but the current building has stood for almost 175 years. That building now needs special ...

By Heather Tomlinson London, England, Jun 11, 2025 / 08:00 am A new Catholic festival in England hopes to bring many different expressions of the Church together under one banner from July 25–28.

Services and Sermons is a free service for churches and other faith-based groups. Entries may be edited to fit space. The ...

A celebration of MAAFA, Kiswahili for “great tragedy,” referring to the period called the Middle Passage or TransAtlantic ...

“Think about Mother Seton, our first American-born saint. She walked these same paths, more or less, to make a sacrifice for ...

While the rainbow war banners of Pride Month have dominated June over the past several years, immigration raids, riots, airstrikes in the Middle East, and a host of significant U.S. Supreme Court ...

New bishop installed at cathedral in Manx capital The new Archbishop was installed in the Church of Saint Mary of the Isle in Douglas Ashlea Tracey BBC News, Isle of Man ...