“I express my closeness to the families and victims,” Pope Francis said. “I am praying for them and for all who are living hours of terror and anguish.”

Father Billy O'Riordan led the Clarion Herald's pilgrimage to Ireland and Scotland and told heartwarming stories about his farming family and its love for horses.

Archbishop Aymond looks ahead to the archdiocesan celebration of Children’s Mission Day, set for Saturday, Oct. 21 at St. Dominic Church in New Orleans.

Archbishop Aymond: "We must vote. It is our responsibility to vote with a well-formed conscience and call on our fellow citizens to dialogue respectfully, recognizing the dignity of one another despite what might be divergent opinions. Pray as we prepare to vote!"

Purposefully released on Oct. 4, the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi, patron saint of ecology, "Laudate Deum" boldly ... challenges us to get out of our comfort zones.

Archdiocese of New Orleans schools have been dominant in this sport for decades because its schools have given rise to some of the most outstanding players in Louisiana.

On Aug. 10, Sara Lavastida professed first vows to the Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia and received the habit and a new name, Sister Naomi Grace.

Pope Francis stressed that “slavery, like colonialism, is not a thing of the past ...”

26th Sunday in Ordinary Time Ezekiel 18:25-28 Psalm 25:4-5, 6-7, 8-9 Philippians 2:1-11 or Philippians 2:1-5 Matthew 21:28-32

More than 1,000 teens attending Saturday’s NOLA Catholic Youth Conference were reminded that Jesus craves our friendship – we need only meet him halfway.

The seven promises of Our Lady of Sorrows prepare our hearts to not lose our souls while life takes aim at us.

"Hope ... is a mindset and a state of being. It is an openness to the idea that God is working behind the scenes." - Dr. Heather Bozant Witcher

Holocaust survivor Esther Basch holds her wedding photo. She was nicknamed the “Honey Girl of Auschwitz” because she gorged on honey after her release from the death camp, and her emaciated body nearly shut down.

Events in the Archdiocese of New Orleans from October 2-14. Please send event announcements two weeks before each issue to calendar@clarionherald.org NEXT ISSUE: OCTOBER 14, 2023

Archbishop HannanHigh School parent Joanne Washington writes about the godsend of having a Catholic educational program for her autistic son.

Geographical listing of food pantries across the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans

Natalie Jayroe, president and CEO of Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater New Orleans and Acadiana, has witnessed how soaring food prices have affected every facet of her agency’s humanitarian mission to erase hunger in the 23 civil parishes of south Louisiana.

Deacon Clifford Sidney Wright, a permanent deacon of the Archdiocese of New Orleans since 1987 who served for many years at St. Benilde Parish in Metairie, died Aug. 31 at the age of 80.

Sisters of the Holy Family join the Together New Orleans' network of faith- and community-based organizations to get things done in the community. Its latest endeavor is building community solar farms to help their surrounding neighborhood. Through Together New Orleans' alliance with the Industrial Areas Foundation (IAF), Holy Family Sister congregation leader Alicia Costa traveled to Rome with Together New Orleans' organizer Brad Bagert Jr. to meet Pope Francis at the Vatican.