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Louisiana parishioners stop teen armed with rifle from entering first communion Mass

May 12, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

As parishioners and police respond to the threat of an armed intruder, clergy at St. Mary Magdalene Catholic Church in Abbeville, Louisiana take cover behind the altar on May 11, 2024. / Credit: Saint Mary Magdalen Catholic Church in Abbeville, … […]

Black Louisiana priest hospitalized after machete attack, race cited as possible motive

July 14, 2023 Catholic News Agency 2

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Denver, Colo., Jul 14, 2023 / 18:00 pm (CNA).
A Catholic priest is in critical but stable condition after he was attacked on the grounds of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Melville, Louisiana, Thursday eve… […]