BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The Diocese of Baton Rouge plans to commemorate the life of Pope Francis and is inviting the community to offer prayers of repose. Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in ...

Speaker Mike Johnson of Shreveport assigned Majority Leader Steve Scalise to lead House delegation to Pope Francis' funeral ...

Pope Francis, the 266th man to assume the papacy and lead 1.2 billion Catholics globally, passed away on Monday, shaking ...

While most of the rain stopped by daylight, streets across Lafayette and other Acadiana cities were left impassable.

A mass will be held in memory of Pope Francis on Sunday at 5 p.m. at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelists in Lafayette, honoring his contributions to the Catholic Church and impact on the ...

Catholics in Acadiana are mourning the death of Pope Francis, just hours after Easter celebrations. The news of his passing ...

Following Pope Francis' death, a conclave will commence. Does Louisiana have a Cardinal voting for the new Pope?

Whether you're observing Lent and not eating meat on Fridays, or you just love some hot, delicious fried catfish, Lafayette has our fair share of local restaurants serving up some of the best fried ...

Q: What are we to make of the different forms of the liturgy within the Roman Rite? A: Last week ... the liturgy is the thing that is keeping you from full communion with the Catholic Church, we can ...

St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church parishioners meet weekly in a nearby hall in Olean to plot strategies for saving their church. An open house inside the garage of a longtime Our Lady of ...

Noel Labendia, the diocesan vicar, said the diocese had asked the local franchise partner of Shakey’s Pizza to replace the “La Pieta ... but the Roman Catholic diocese lacked the resources ...

A Catholic priest from Downey remains in custody after Los Angeles County prosecutors charged him with several counts of child sexual abuse on Monday. Jaime Arriaga, 41, was remanded without bail ...