Category: Archdiocese of New Orleans

Pope names pastor in New Orleans as auxiliary bishop of Atlanta

by bcadmin | Oct 25, 2022 | Archdiocese of Atlanta, Archdiocese of New Orleans, Asian-American Catholics, Auxiliary Bishop, Bishop Appointment, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, News, Vietnam | 0 |

Pope Francis has appointed Father John-Nhan Tran, a priest in the Archdiocese of New Orleans and pastor of Mary Queen of Peace in Mandeville, Louisiana, as auxiliary bishop of Atlanta.

Cardinal visits New Orleans congregation whose founder is up for sainthood

by bcadmin | Oct 23, 2022 | Archdiocese of New Orleans, Black Catholics, Cardinal Peter Turkson, New Orleans, News, Religious Sisters, saints and martyrs | 0 |

The Sisters of the Holy Family used a recent visit by Cardinal Peter Turkson to update him on the status of the sainthood cause for Mother Henriette Delille, the free woman of color who founded the congregation in New Orleans in 1842.

Cardinal: Business must ensure products, services contribute to common good

by bcadmin | Oct 7, 2022 | Archdiocese of New Orleans, Business, Cardinal Peter Turkson, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, New Orleans, News | 0 |

Cardinal Peter Turkson told a New Orleans symposium that the Catholic Church encourages CEOs and other business leaders to embrace the notion of their being “co-creators” with God.

Animal blessing rule: Venomous critters stay home

by bcadmin | Sep 30, 2022 | Animals, Archdiocese of New Orleans, Associated Press, Blessing of the Animals, Catholic Universities, Church in the US, New Orleans, News | 0 |

Rule No. 1 for next week’s animal blessing at a Catholic university in New Orleans: “Please leave venomous animals at home.”

Suit alleges Catholic schools discriminate against disabled

by bcadmin | Aug 19, 2022 | Archdiocese of New Orleans, Associated Press, Catholic Schools, Church in the US, Disabilities, New Orleans, News | 0 |

Catholic Church officials in New Orleans are accused in a class-action lawsuit of discriminating against children with disabilities.

FBI opens sweeping probe of clergy sex abuse in New Orleans

by bcadmin | Jun 29, 2022 | Archdiocese of New Orleans, Associated Press, Church in the US, clerical sexual abuse, FBI, New Orleans, News | 0 |

The FBI has opened a widening investigation into sex abuse in the Roman Catholic Church in New Orleans going back decades.

Catholic university renames newest dorm for 1st Black grad and wife

by bcadmin | Jun 28, 2022 | Archdiocese of New Orleans, Associated Press, Black Catholics, Catholic colleges, Catholic Universities, Church in the US, New Orleans, News | 0 |

A Jesuit university in New Orleans has renamed its newest residence hall after its first Black graduate, his late wife, and their family.

Catholic educators are privileged to teach ‘as Jesus did,’ says archbishop

by bcadmin | Apr 21, 2022 | Archbishop Gregory Aymond, Archdiocese of New Orleans, Catholic education, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, National Catholic Educational Association, NCEA, New Orleans, News | 0 |

In their daily striving to know and care for the young people in their midst, those who have a vocation to teach in Catholic schools and religious formation programs have the amazing privilege to teach “as Jesus did,” said Archbishop Gregory Aymond.

Washing inmates’ feet is reminder they’re ‘not forgotten,’ archbishop says

by bcadmin | Apr 16, 2022 | Archbishop Gregory Aymond, Archdiocese of New Orleans, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Foot-washing, Holy Thursday, News, Prisoners | 0 |

Archbishop Gregory M. Aymond washed the feet of male and female inmates, telling them the ritual is to remind them they “are not forgotten” and that there “is nothing too great for God to forgive” if they ask for his mercy.

Bishops pray for American nun kidnapped in Burkina Faso

by bcadmin | Apr 7, 2022 | Africa, Archbishop Gregory Aymond, Archdiocese of New Orleans, Burkina Faso, Church in Africa, Islamic extremists, lead, Missionaries, News, Terrorism | 0 |

Both Burkinabe and American ecclesial authorities have offered prayer and called for the safe release of American Sister Suellen Tennyson, 83, who was abducted by armed gunmen at her convent earlier this week.

Priest recalls saying Mass in Ukrainian church reopened after 45 years

by bcadmin | Apr 3, 2022 | Archdiocese of New Orleans, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, News, Ukraine Crisis | 0 |

Among the Mount Tabor experiences of his 57 years as a priest, Msgr. William Bilinsky, now 82, remembers the lock cutters.

‘It was over in four Hail Marys,’ says survivor of New Orleans tornado

by bcadmin | Mar 24, 2022 | Archbishop Gregory Aymond, Archdiocese of New Orleans, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Louisiana, Natural disasters, New Orleans, News | 0 |

A tornado ripped through several suburban neighborhoods outside New Orleans on March 22, killing one man, destroying 40 homes and severely damaging more than 100 others in neighborhoods submerged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.