Nothing in seminary could have prepared Father Andrew DeRouen for his first three months as a priest. “A pandemic, now a hurricane,” said Father DeRouen, 27, a priest of the Diocese of Lake Charles, Louisiana, who was ordained in June. On Aug.
Hurricane Laura destroyed six churches in the Diocese of Lake Charles, left a dozen others "highly compromised" and did heavy damage to chancery offices.
The diocese, in a report posted on its website, said that only one of six Catholic schools reopened Aug.
After a hurricane made landfall with winds of 150 mph along the Texas-Louisiana border early on Aug. 27, bishops from the dioceses in its path found themselves the morning after assessing damages and checking in with others hours after destructive Hurricane Laura
Growing up in Louisiana, Bishop David L. Toups is no stranger to hurricanes. Yet he never expected that less than a week into his first assignment as bishop of the Diocese of Beaumont, Texas, he'd be preparing to face a major hurricane.
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On Aug. 15, the feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary will be marked by a unique event in Louisiana. In its sixth year, the Fête-Dieu du Teche, a 40-mile Eucharistic procession, will take place amidst a worldwide pandemic on
Disappointed prolifers were predictably angry at Chief Justice John Roberts for providing the fifth vote in the five-member Supreme Court majority that last month struck down a Louisiana law requiring doctors who do abortions to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital.
In an essay for Our Sunday Visitor, Notre Dame law professor Richard Garnett writes that Monday’s Supreme Court ruling that overturns a Louisiana law requiring abortionists to hold admitting privileges at a nearby hospital “deeply disappointed not only pro-life Americans but all
Pope Francis has appointed Father Robert W. Marshall, vicar general of the Diocese of Memphis, Tennessee, as the bishop of Alexandria, Louisiana. Bishop-designate Marshall, 60, also is pastor of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Memphis. He succeeds Bishop David P.
In oral arguments March 4, the Supreme Court justices expressed mixed views about a Louisiana law that requires abortion providers to have admitting privileges at a local hospital and if the abortion providers have the legal standing to challenge the state law
Pope Francis has appointed Msgr. Francis Malone, a pastor and the chancellor for ecclesial affairs in the Diocese of Little Rock, Arkansas, to be the bishop of Shreveport, Louisiana. Bishop-designate Malone, 69, has held the post of chancellor since 2008. He also