The Catholic Faith Communities of

St John the Baptist &
Our Lady of the Assumption

Parish Office: 4727 McHugh Drive, Zachary, LA 70791
Office Hours: Mon-Thurs 8:00-5:00, Fri 8:00-3:00
225-654-5778 | Frontdesk@sjb-ola.org

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Catholic News Service
- Verify before sharing ‘news,’ pope says in Communications Day message
  
  VATICAN CITY (CNS) — In the age of instant communications and fake news, journalists —...
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  NEW YORK (CNS) — The year just past must rank as the most tumultuous for...
- Home run king Hank Aaron overcame racism to excel on and off the field
  
  WASHINGTON (CNS) — Hank Aaron, who was baseball’s home run king for 33 years, overcame...
- Tech-whiz heroes help learning continue across cyberspace during pandemic
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (CNS) — They built Web pages and mastered robots, addressed login issues, responded...
- A gift of solidarity from the U.S. helps formation in faraway rural diocese
  
  CHALATENANGO, El Salvador (CNS) — Though the Diocese of Chalatenango is about as far as...
National Catholic Register
- Modeling Marital Devotion
  
  Nancy Bauer / Shutterstock.com Above, a stained-glass window depicts the betrothal of Mary and Joseph in the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Connellsville, Pennsylvania. The Holy Spouses...
- Pope Francis: Witness to the Truth by Exposing ‘Fake News’
  
  Pope Francis delivers his Angelus address in the library of the Apostolic Palace Jan. 6, 2021. Earlier this month a false report that Italian police had arrested the pope amid a Vatican “blackout...
- UN Adopts Resolution on Protecting Religious Sites
  
  Andrew F. Kazmierski Flags of all nations outside United Nations headquarters in Manhattan. The resolution highlights the increasing threats to culturally and spiritually significant sites by...
- George Weigel: Cardinal Cupich’s Criticisms of Archbishop Gomez are Baseless
  
  Bohumil Petrik George Weigel. Weigel argued that Archbishop Gomez releasing a statement on the inauguration was in keeping with the recommendations from the Working Group on Engaging the New...
- Catholic Leaders Say Virtues Are Needed to End America’s ‘Uncivil War’
  
  ANGELA WEISS A U.S. flag is raised after the inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th U.S. president on Jan. 20 at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. People of faith must lead with moral goodness to stave...
News from the Vatican
- Pope to hand out Bibles at Sunday of the Word of God celebration
  
  At his celebration of Mass for Sunday of the Word of God Jan. 24, Pope Francis will present a Bible to a professional soccer player, a woman from Pakistan studying in Rome to be a Scripture scholar...
- Learn the stories of trafficking victims, pope urges
  
  Pope Francis encouraged people to put themselves in the shoes of victims of human trafficking.
- Former Vatican bank president sentenced for embezzlement
  
  A former president of the Vatican bank and his lawyer were found guilty of money laundering and embezzling millions of euros from property sales.
- Pope moves Down syndrome advocate closer to sainthood
  
  The French doctor who discovered the genetic basis of Down syndrome but spent his career advocating against abortion as a result of prenatal diagnosis has taken his first major step to possible...
- Pope’s point man for charity urges world not to forget homeless in vaccination push
  
  After recovering from COVID-19 himself, the pope's point man for charity is encouraging people to not forget the poor and homeless as vaccination programs ramp up around the world.