St Scholastica Academy eighth-grader ​​​​​​​Grace Hartdegen asked her fellow classmates what they are currently reading. What she discovered were favorites is interesting.

Salesian Father Sid Figlia, the former longtime pastor of St. John Bosco Parish in Harvey, died at age 91 in Tampa, Florida.

The Council of Catholic School Cooperative Clubs is dedicated to family, love of God and education. Its Clothe-A-Child effort to help children in needs is one way they fulfill these goals.

NOLA Catholic Parenting columnist/blogger Kristy Solis wants everybody to concentrate on spring as a time of hope.

LG Electronics USA made a $150,000 donation to St. Augustine High School for a scholarship endowment and upgrades to school and athletics facilities.

The president and CEO of Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans says she learned how to cook at her mother's elbow. She offers some favorite Lenten seafood recipes.

Thanks from the family of Father Peter Weiss.

Archbishop Gregory Aymond prays, and we join in his prayer, for perseverance and patience, comfort and peace, lifting to God everyone affected by the recent EF-3 tornado.

St. Alphonsus pastor Father Allan Weinert says "coming home" is the essence of our Lenten journey.

Loyola University won its first national championship in basketball in 77 years by defeating Talladega in the NAIA finals in Kansas City.

Divine Mercy Catholic Parish in Kenner unites in a Lenten project to bring joy to children with cancer.

Archbishop Aymond has announced new pastoral assignments for priests in the archdiocese.

The surge in deadly carjackings in New Orleans begs the question: Why exactly are we allowing this? It's a citizens' wake-up call.

Daughter of St. Paul Sister Jacqueline “Jackie” Gitonga delves into the lessons of Jesus’ curing of the blind man – and those who found fault with it.

Dominican Father Manuel Solorzano offers his homily in Spanish for the weekend of March 26-27.

A pervasive “spirit of rejection” exists in the modern world that “tends to be hostile to the elderly and, not by chance, also to children” and “casts them aside.” - Pope Francis

The strongest tornado to hit the New Orleans area in five years ripped through several Arabi neighborhoods March 22, killing one man and destroying 40 homes.

Knights of Columbus Council 9623 at Ascension of our Lord in Laplace recently awarded the Catholic Youth Leadership Scholarship Awards to Gabriel Conner and Barry Cummins Jr.