Archdiocese of New Orleans Archives

Official: Saints emails on clergy crisis should stay secret

Apr 10, 2020

Hundreds of emails detailing the New Orleans Saints’ efforts to conduct damage control for the area’s Roman Catholic archdiocese amid its clergy sexual abuse crisis should remain shielded from the public, a court official recommended Thursday.

By Jim Mustian

Driven by pandemic, US church hits the online superhighway

Apr 5, 2020

Dioceses across the country are ramping up their online presence as they confront the COVID-19 pandemic.

By Christopher White

New Orleans archbishop first American prelate to test positive for COVID-19

Mar 23, 2020

The archbishop of New Orleans is the first Catholic archbishop in the US test positive for Covid-19.

By Christopher White

Historic New Orleans cathedral hauntingly quiet during private Mass

Mar 18, 2020

Inside the historic New Orleans cathedral, on the same spot where Mass has been celebrated since 1718, the Eucharist was being celebrated again, but this time without a single person sitting inside the 950-seat narthex.

By Peter Finney Jr.

Dad’s quest to find son’s killer shines light on prescription drug crisis

Mar 8, 2020

Dan Schneider’s 20-year mission to secure a resolution to his 22-year-old son’s murder and to protect young people like him has been transformed into a riveting Netflix documentary series titled simply, “The Pharmacist.”

By Peter Finney Jr.

NFL Saints backed by church in effort to keep emails secret

Feb 21, 2020

An attorney for New Orleans’s Catholic archdiocese Thursday strongly defended the New Orleans Saints’ behind-the-scenes help in dealing with the clergy sex abuse crisis, saying the legal effort to release hundreds of confidential emails between them is aimed at trying to shame those “who had the audacity” to back the church.

By Jim Mustian