The first parade of the Mardi Gras season took place as scheduled in the French Quarter despite security fears following the ...

The parade that gets the Mardi Gras season started will be bigger, start later, and follow a reversed route this year.

As I meandered through the lively open-air market in Rouen, the air was filled with the scent of freshly baked bread, ...

The first parade of the Mardi Gras season will roll tonight, less than a week after a man drove his truck into crowds on ...

On Jan. 6, the 17th annual Joan of Arc parade will march through the French ... a marvelous procession that mixes elements of the saint’s fiery biography, French heritage, feminism and the ...

New Orleans has the largest and best-known Carnival celebrations in the U.S., with street parties, fancy balls and parades ...

Today on Louisiana Considered, we’ll hear how the Krewe of Joan of Arc is preparing to ring in the Mardi Gras season in the ...

Joan of Arc was as religious as a person can get without turning into a stained-glass window. When she was just 13 she claimed to have been visited by three saints – Michael, Catherine and Margaret.

The weight of the parade, which tells the story of Joan of Arc's life — from military bravery to burning at the stake to sainthood — is not lost upon Sacco. She said that the patron saint of ...

Some of the icons analyzed in this series include Joan of Arc, John the Baptist, Saint Sebastian and Maximilian Kolbe. The first part of the episodic event ran through Advent, having premiered in ...