The first parade of the Mardi Gras season took place as scheduled in the French Quarter despite security fears following the ...

“a charism that sees the sanctity of life as supreme and offers the consecrated lives of their members as an oblation to end the greatest evil of our time and to help women embrace their vocation as ...

As I meandered through the lively open-air market in Rouen, the air was filled with the scent of freshly baked bread, ...

The first parade of the Mardi Gras season will roll tonight, less than a week after a man drove his truck into crowds on ...

New Orleans’ Mia X is hip-hop royalty, so it’s fitting that she’s throwing a royal regency ball to celebrate her 55th ...

An 18-year-old girl dreaming of becoming a nurse, a single mother, a father of two and a football star suffered fatal ...

New Orleans has the largest and best-known Carnival celebrations in the U.S., with street parties, fancy balls and parades ...

The original stone statue of Joan of Arc is on display in City Hall, while a bronze version will remain outside the former ...

Joan of Arc was as religious as a person can get without turning into a stained-glass window. When she was just 13 she claimed to have been visited by three saints – Michael, Catherine and Margaret.

But as Zoey Stapleton, 24, walked down a darkened hiking trail, steps behind her parents, she counted back from three and “took a leap of faith,” revealing to them that she wanted to become a nun. And ...

In the writing of this play the old sinner and cynic writes himself down as an incorrigible idealist. *Shaw’s play, Saint Joan, will be produced in Manhattan by the Theatre Guild, Dec. 28.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we’ll hear how the Krewe of Joan of Arc is preparing to ring in the Mardi Gras season in the ...