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How Acadiana Catholic Charities CEO got a private meeting with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican
14+ hour, 57+ min ago (209+ words) Catholic Charities of Acadiana CEO Kim Boudreaux met with Pope Leo XIV during a private audience at the Vatican as part of her service on the Catholic Charities USA Board of Directors. The meeting took place May 4 and included Catholic…...
Homilies by AI? For these Louisiana clergy members, it would lack spirit.
4+ week, 1+ day ago (1677+ words) The Rev. Kurt Young says nothing is off-limits, but treads carefully around hot topics. Deacon Eddy Beckendorf works to make it relatable, such as telling the story about the time he got hit by a truck. And Monsignor Keith DeRouen…...
Religion Briefs: Women’s Emphasis Day at Berean Seventh-day Adventist Church
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (104+ words) The Advocate The women of Berean Seventh-day Adventist Church, 5100 Osborne Ave., Baton Rouge, will observe Women’s Emphasis Day at 11 a.m. Saturday. Berean Women’s Ministries Coordinator Irma Martin will speak on the theme “Jesus: The First Women’s Liberator,” based on Genesis…...
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1+ mon, 1+ week ago (16+ words) first mass.09.jpg The Advocate Attendees and parishioners greet one another with waves and handshakes....
A Dominican nun from New Orleans told me to stop making myself smaller. She was right.
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (657+ words) A few years ago, when I first walked into Istanbul's Grand Bazaar, vendors were calling out in English. Tourists were negotiating. The whole beautiful machinery of commerce was running loud and fast. I could track all of it. So I…...
Latin Mass is back in the news. But some Louisiana Catholics wonder what's all the fuss?
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (1058+ words) When Wesley Franatovich settles into a church pew for the Latin Mass at St. Patrick’s Church in New Orleans, he feels a sense of calm wash over him. There’s ritual and mystery and choreography, and in that, Franatovich said, “there's…...
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2+ mon, 1+ week ago (29+ words) The Advocate A statue of St. Ignatius stands in the Chapel of St. Ignatius on Loyola's campus in New Orleans, Thursday, May 7, 2026....
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2+ mon, 1+ week ago (36+ words) The Advocate Statues of Jesus on the cross, St. Ignatius and Mary can be seen in the Chapel of St. Ignatius on Loyola's campus in New Orleans, Thursday, May 7, 2026....
Letters: Swaggart's anti-Catholicism should not be omitted from remembrances
11+ mon, 4+ week ago (207+ words) Your front page news story on July 2 was full of praise about Jimmy Swaggart. It painted him as a saint. It mentioned nothing about his anti-Catholicism. Several points were detailed in an email from... Your front page news story on…...
The prairie celebrated at Prairieville church
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (223+ words) Five-year-old Maggie Maddie, right, of Prairieville, waves to her family, along with her sister, Landri Maddie, 9, during Saturday’s St. John the Evangelist’s Festival de la Prairie. The Himalayas was one of a dozen rides at St. John the Evangelist’s Festival…...