Legislation in Louisiana would classify abortion drugs as controlled dangerous substances, which would criminalize improperly possessing the pills, such as lacking a valid prescription or their use outside the context of a professional medical practice.
A first Communion Mass at St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church in Abbeville, Louisiana, was disrupted May 11 after a teenager attempted to enter the church with a rifle. Parishioners prevented the young man from entering the church where 60 children were preparing
A permanent deacon in the Diocese of Lafayette, Louisiana, whose then-teenage son was molested by the priest he once served alongside, is now excommunicated after leaving his ministry, because he formally left the Catholic Church, according to the recent decree written by
The ninth annual Fête-Dieu du Teche in the Diocese of Lafayette takes place Aug. 15, the feast of the Assumption, and this year's 37-mile Eucharistic procession down the Bayou Teche by boat "is offered to beseech the Prince of Peace for peace
The Diocese of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is mourning the loss of one of its priests who was killed in a car accident.
Bishop Michael G. Duca stated on the diocesan website that 62-year-old Father Mark Beard, pastor of St. Helena Catholic Church in
Local Catholics are planning to hold "dialogues" with members of the transgender community after the Louisiana Legislature overrode the governor's veto of a ban on gender reassignment surgery or hormonal treatments for minors.
A priest in Melville, Louisiana, is stable and recovering following a July 13 attack with a machete at his church campus. The priest is at a hospital being treated for lacerations to his head and body.
Father Stephen Ugwu, the pastor of St.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled June 23 that Texas and Louisiana lacked standing to sue the Biden administration over its deportation policies. With its 8-to-1 decision, the court revived immigration enforcement guidelines that prioritized the arrest and deportation of some unauthorized immigrants
The annual Fête-Dieu du Têche in the Diocese of Lafayette takes place on the feast of the Assumption, Aug. 15, and this year's 40-mile eucharistic procession by boat down the Bayou Têche coincides with the U.S. Catholic Church's three-year National Eucharistic Revival
An annual 100-hour, nonstop public Bible reading takes place in St. Martinville in the Diocese of Lafayette Jan. 19-23.
The holy Bible will be read publicly from cover to cover without pause in the square of the diocese's oldest church parish, St. Martin