VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The funeral Mass of Pope Francis will be celebrated April 26 in St. Peter's Square, the Vatican announced. Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, dean of the College of Cardinals, will ...

The chess team of St. Catherine of Siena School, coached by Chris McKinnie, won the Louisiana State Scholastic Chess Championships in May, led by third-grader Andrew Ochs, who captured the ...

For many years St. Christopher School in Metairie has participated in Cross Catholic Outreach’s “Box of Joy” program to send Christmas gifts to children in Haiti, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, ...

But in many ways for me, the church has been the place where my life, the family my wife and I have grown and our extended families have been marked through the sacraments – baptisms, confirmations, ...

Just before Christmas in 2021, Marianite of Holy Cross Sister Suellen Tennyson was stationed at her congregation’s medical mission in Yalgo, Burkina Faso, West Africa, when she received via Facebook ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Centuries of experience dealing with the death, or occasional resignation, of a pope has left the Catholic Church with thorough instructions detailing who has responsibility for ...

The last bell rings, the school hallway erupts like Mardi Gras, kids’ high-five each other and teachers breathe that deep “we survived” sigh. At my house, backpacks slide across the floor, and a ...

During Black History Month, a local group of Catholic high school students wanted to share facts about Black historical figures during the morning announcements. Their first choice was Emmett Till, ...

Thirty-three seventh graders from Ursuline Academy took a field trip to the Green Project M.E.S.S. Lab (math, English, social studies and science) in New Orleans on April 29 to learn about recycling ...

I pray that you are off to a very good start of the second semester and that you received a good mid-year report card. As you read this, we are celebrating Catholic Schools Week. We truly have reason ...

When middle-school parents and faculty at St. Andrew the Apostle School in Algiers found out the Community Center for Life in Gretna was in desperate need of diapers because a long-time supplier could ...

Today, we celebrate the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord, a pivotal event in the history of our salvation. After completing his mission on earth, Jesus ascends into heaven – not as an act of ...