Catholic Church

A new grocery store concept hopes to satisfy the high demand for an actual Trader Joe’s in Acadiana by infusing their approach with Louisiana flavor.

The journey to sainthood for Louisiana's Charlene Richard, the "Little Cajun Saint," began in 1959. Her cause for canonization is now at the Vatican.

Documents requesting that Charlene Richard, Louisiana's Little Cajun Saint, be canonized will be sent to the Vatican and the public is invited to witness it.

If you were raised in south Louisiana, the question, "did you get your ashes and what are you giving up for Lent?" is not at all strange to you. Nearly a third of the state's population is Catholic.

If you were raised in south Louisiana, the question, "did you get your ashes and what are you giving up?" is not at all strange to you. Nearly a third of the state's population is Catholic, and the majority of that number live south of Alexandria.

Pope Benedict XVI says Monday he will resign on February 28th because he no longer has the strength to fulfill the duties of his office, becoming the first pontiff since the Middle Ages to take such a step.