The Women's Giving Circle (WGC) of the Diocese of Baton Rouge highlighted the successes of its 2026 season of philanthropic work during an impact Mass at the Catholic Life Center.

Thousands of people venerated the late pontiff's pilgrim first class relic over the course of three days at four different churches in the Diocese of Baton Rouge.

Neighbors of Immaculate Conception Church (ICC) in Scotlandville looked on with delighted surprise as the Southern University Human Jukebox Band marched and people danced in the streets. The joyful celebration was part of a ribbon cutting as ICC became Baton Rouge's second Community Lighthouse.

WASHINGTON - “As conflicts intensify around the world, let us renew our commitment to be Christ’s instruments of peace in an increasingly fractured and divided world,” said Archbishop Paul S. Coakley, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, in a statement marking the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

St. Mary's Chapel in Union served for many decades as the spiritual and social focal point for weddings and milestone commemorations in the Union (Convent) area.