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Self-portraits, still lifes, crosses made of wood, popsicle suspension bridges, flowers constructed of plastic silverware and 3-D fish were among the student art displayed...

Our first reading contains a symbolic story in which a kind of Everywoman and Everyman face a basic human question: How will I live – God’s way or my way?

Security camera footage shows four perpetrators driving up in a car to the semicircular parking area in front of the seminary’s main building at approximately 4:45 a.m.

You’ve seen great food – and almost been close enough to smell it – on such diverse cooking shows as “Chopped,” “Top Chef” and “Guy’s Grocery Games.”

​​​​​​​I’ve been thinking about resistance to change. Why are we so hesitant to change things up? To encounter new experiences?

As we enter into the Lenten season, God calls us to an honest, grace-filled assessment of our weakness and sins.

​​​​​​​The odds were excellent that Louisiana, designated by many as the “most pro-life state” in the nation, would be the main protagonist in the most important abortion industry case to be heard in years by the U.S. Supreme Court...

A simple idea that Msgr. Robert J. Coll of Allentown, Pennsylvania, had in 1975 to end global hunger has turned into today’s Catholic Relief Services’ (CRS) Rice Bowl.

"You are standing on the site where enslaved people were warehoused.”

Father Michael Schneller, pastor of St. Francis of Assisi Parish, says the juxtaposition of Mardi Gras and Ash Wednesday gives local Catholics an opportunity for deep reflection.

The seasons of the liturgical year provide a rhythm to help Catholics grow spiritually.

Each year on Feb. 8, the church marks the feast day of St. Josephine Bakhita.

While there are many king cake makers in New Orleans today, it is interesting to note that several local businesses that sell the most king cakes are owned by Catholic families

As a kid growing up in the 700 block of North Roman Street, Josephite Father Henry Davis always checked the calendar.

Remember you are dust.” These are the words we’ll hear this coming Wednesday as ashen crosses are drawn on our foreheads as a solemn reminder of the transience of our lives, as well as its cyclicality.

I recently was reading an entry at ChurchPOP.com  and ran across a headline that caught my eye: “Feeling Depressed? 6 Beautiful Ways to Ensure Happiness, According to St. John Bosco.