Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ash Wednesday was Thursday, Feb. 18, marking the beginning of Lent, which is a 40-day period of fasting, prayer and charity. The ...

Fishermen set up on Long Lake as part of the 19th annual Long Lake Ice Fishing Derby in 2024. February's youth derby will be held an hour south on Portage Lake. Credit: Chris Bouchard / The County If ...

The church regards alligator as seafood, thus making it okay for someone to consume it during Lent without feeling like they sinned. Former New Orleans Archbishop Gregory Aymond wrote a letter in 2010 ...

COCONUT GROVE, Fla. -- A pizza-eating alligator may need to go on a diet. David Van Buren has had the 13-foot reptile for the past 47 years, since he was a boy. The gator, named Gwendolyn, even went ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - As Catholics across Louisiana prepare for the first Friday of Lent, a 15-year-old letter from the Archdiocese of New Orleans is once again making the rounds with a clear ...