The Clarion Herald is the official newspaper of the Archdiocese of New Orleans. The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans is an ecclesiastical division of the Roman Catholic Church. ...

The stated mission of the Clarion Herald is to chronicle the activities and events of local church parishes around the Archdiocese. However, the newpaper also functions as an outlet for editorials by the Archbishop of New Orleans and other leaders in the Catholic church. The newspaper frequently publishes articles on controversial subjects, such as abortion and the priest abuse scandals. The newspaper typically promotes the official archdiocesan views on such subjects. The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans is an ecclesiastical division of the Roman Catholic Church. ... The Roman Catholic Church or Catholic Church (see Terminology, below) is the Christian Church in full communion with the Bishop of Rome, currently Pope Benedict XVI. It traces its origins to the original Christian community founded by Jesus, with its traditions first established by the Twelve Apostles and maintained through... In the late 20th century, and early 21st, the Roman Catholic Church was confronted with a series of allegations of sexual abuse of children by Catholic priests (who are all male) and by members of the various religious orders (both male and female). ...

The creation of the Clarion Herald was authorized by Archbishop John Cody. The first issue was published on 1963 Feb. 28. It is affiliated with the Catholic Press Association of the United States and Canada. The newspaper is published weekly and is available free of charge to parishioners in local churches throughout the Greater New Orleans Area. The Clarion Herald has been published online in HTML format since 1999 Feb. 4. After Hurricane Katrina made landfall in New Orleans on 2005 Aug. 28, publication of the newsletter ceased for a month. Publication resumed on 2005 Oct. 1, 2005. Afterwards, the newsletter has been available online in Adobe Acrobat format only. John Patrick Cody, later John Cardinal Cody, (December 24, 1907–April 25, 1982) was the eleventh bishop (sixth archbishop) of the Roman Catholic diocese of Chicago, serving from 1965 to 1982 (succeeded Albert Cardinal Meyer). ... New Orleans is the largest city in the state of Louisiana, United States of America. ... In computing,Atreya Biswas Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) is a predominant markup language for the creation of web pages. ... Lowest pressure 902 mbar (hPa; 26. ... Adobe Acrobat was the first software to support Adobe Systems Portable Document Format (PDF). ...

Since Hurricane Katrina, the newspaper has extensively covered the recovery effort in all parishes in the New Orleans area. The effect of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans was catastrophic. ...

References.

• Clarion Herald Online.

• Archived editions of the Clarion Herald before Hurricane Katrina.