Tag: Louisiana
Public school classrooms in Louisiana must display Ten Commandments to help...
Public school classrooms in Louisiana will now be required to display the Ten Commandments by the start of 2025 as part of a new...
Louisiana Supreme Court extends ‘look back law’ to 2027, reversing earlier...
NEW ORLEANS -- In a 5-2 ruling June 12, the Louisiana Supreme Court reversed its earlier decision to scrap a "look back law" for...
Louisiana House approves legislation classifying abortion pills as controlled dangerous substances
The Louisiana House approved legislation May 21 that would classify drugs used for both early abortion and miscarriage as controlled dangerous substances, and would...
First holy Communion Mass disrupted in Lousiana as parishioners, police apprehend...
A first Communion Mass at St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church in Abbeville, Louisiana, was disrupted May 11 after a teenager attempted to enter the...
Justice Amy Coney Barrett to St. Catherine students: ‘study very hard,...
METAIRIE, La. -- U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett said her Catholic education helped her develop a passion for reading that served...
Archdiocese of New Orleans files Chapter 11 reorganization due to coronavirus,...
NEW ORLEANS -- Citing mounting concerns over the financial impact of clergy sex abuse settlements and the coronavirus pandemic, the Archdiocese of New Orleans...
Louisiana governor says he’ll sign newly approved ‘heartbeat bill’
BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana’s Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards, a Catholic, said he will sign into law a measure that makes nearly all...
U.S. church urged to fight racism with same zeal waged for...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Catholic Church in the United States has a strong pro-life identity and is well-known for being passionately against abortion. But...