If these two stories seem unreal – generated instead by Artificial Intelligence – then perhaps that’s a sign that media literacy is beginning to gain a foothold among thoughtful readers and viewers.

When someone accepts election as pontiff, there undergoes a change in that individual, not only in life purpose in leading global Catholicism for, presumably, the rest of one’s life, but in one’s own ...

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 ...

In a letter to the half-million Catholics of the Archdiocese of New Orleans, Archbishop Gregory Aymond announced May 21 that the archdiocese and the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors, which ...

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 ...

Pope Leo XIV’s devotion to St. Augustine, his life and ministry as a member of the Augustinian order and his focus on the unity of the church are reflected in his episcopal motto and coat of arms.

Fascinating insights from Jari Honora, a genealogist with the Historic New Orleans Collection, about Pope Leo XIV's New Orleans Creole roots. His maternal grandparents were Creole Catholics of color ...

Welcome to the season when sneakers trade places with flip-flops and report-card jitters make way for mosquito bites and sunburn. It’s tempting to swap one kind of busy for another, school drop-off ...

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 planning the funeral, ...

There are many ways to mark the march of our lives through time. I think of my grandparents scraping together the most meager of financial resources to make the trips from greater Italy and Sicily as ...

In a world where children often have cell phones in their hands before they can read and write, the church has a particular challenge of encouraging them to embrace the meaning of the Eucharist and ...

The death of Pope Francis during this Easter time gives us a good opportunity to prayerfully reflect on the mystery of death – in the life of Pope Francis and in our lives.