Katharine Drexel founded and funded schools in Carencro. Curious Louisiana discovers if local land donor Sosthene Arceneaux gave her a ride to one of those locations in his horse-drawn buggy.

"Do you have information on St. Katharine Drexel being escorted by Sosthene Arceneaux in a buggy to locate property to build a school for Black children in Carencro?" Clara Arceneaux asked.

A state historical marker issued by the Virginia Department of Historic Resources was unveiled this weekend for Powhatan’s Belmead, a 19th-century Gothic Revival plantation that was transformed ...

Rerum Novarum also had a profound influence on the Catholic Church itself. The document inaugurated what’s now known as ...

Katharine M. Drexel was born in Philadelphia on Nov. 26, 1858. Her father, Francis A. Drexel, was a devout Catholic and wealthy banker with Drexel and Co. Her mother, Hannah Drexel, died soon ...

In 1925, St. Katharine Drexel — a courageous nun from Philadelphia driven by regard for the dignity of all people — established Xavier University of Louisiana to make education more accessible ...

Sidney H. Cates III, the first Black deputy chief for the New Orleans Police Department, died peacefully in his home Saturday. He was 94. Cates's death was announced in a news release Wednesday night.

People around the Panther Valley may have noticed something different at the front of the former St. Katharine Drexel Catholic Church in Lansford recently. The scaffolding has been removed from the ...

The first female Orthodox saint in North America was an Indigenous woman who spent her entire life with her Yup'ik family and ...

She was known in life for her service and compassion, particularly for women who had suffered abuse and other traumas.

For the chance to witness the glorification of a saint closely associated with healing women’s pain and suffering, dozens of women ventured by plane and boat to St. Olga's home village for her ...

Carlo Acutis, also known as 'God's Influencer,' will officially achieve sainthood on Sept. 7, 2025. He will become the first millennial saint and one of the first saints canonized by Pope Leo XIV ...