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Archbishop Gregory Aymond
Pope Francis ‘deeply saddened’ by New Orleans attack, offers prayers
By Courtney Mares Vatican City, Jan 2, 2025 / 09:40 am Pope Francis offered his condolences after 15 people were killed in New Orleans when a U.S. Army veteran drove a pickup truck with an Islamic State flag into a crowd celebrating the New Year. The pope sent a condolence message …
Driver slams car into New Year’s crowd in New Orleans: 10 killed, archbishop offers prayers
By Tina Dennelly CNA Staff, Jan 1, 2025 / 11:50 am Archbishop Gregory Aymond of New Orleans offered prayers Wednesday morning after the driver of a pickup truck drove into a crowd of people at a New Year’s celebration on the city’s famed Bourbon Street, killing at least 10 and injuring …
New Orleans Archdiocese to close 10% of parishes, merge others
by SueAnn Howell, O.C.D.S. CNA Newsroom, Nov 1, 2023 / 11:15 am The Archdiocese of New Orleans has announced the “difficult and painful decision” to consolidate 11 parish communities, permanently close seven churches, and consolidate three territories in the coming months to ensure sustainability and vitality. Archbishop Gregory Aymond made …
New Orleans archdiocese seeks laicization for all clergy credibly accused of sex
by Kevin Jones Denver Newsroom, Oct 27, 2020 / 02:45 pm MT (CNA).- While allegations against two New Orleans-area priests have again raised questions about the Church’s response to clergy misconduct, the Archdiocese of New Orleans has confirmed that for the past two years it has been seeking to laicize …
Amid scandal, these Louisiana Catholics say priests ‘rock’
by Mary Farrow Denver Newsroom, Oct 14, 2020 / 04:00 am MT (CNA).- Like many Catholics in the Archdiocese of New Orleans these days, Theresa Truxillo said she was alarmed when she learned Fr. Travis Clark had filmed a pornographic video involving himself and two women atop an atlar in …
New Orleans archbishop: Priest’s desecration of altar ‘demonic’
CNA Staff, Oct 9, 2020 / 05:54 pm MT (CNA).- The Archbishop of New Orleans said Friday that a priest’s filming of a pornographic videotape atop a church’s altar was demonic, and that the priest will never again serve in Catholic ministry. Fr. Travis Clark’s “obscene behavior was deplorable,” Aymond …
Archbishop Aymond of New Orleans has coronavirus
Washington D.C., Mar 23, 2020 / 11:33 am (CNA).- The Archbishop of New Orleans has tested positive for coronavirus. He is the first U.S. bishop known to have tested positive for the virus, which is now a global pandemic. “Recently, I had very mild symptoms, which included fever only. Out …
