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Hundreds of families in need of Christmas sponsors for Catholic Charities program Play Video
November 24, 2021 9:41 PM
BATON ROUGE - For 60 years, the Catholic Charities Center of the Diocese of Baton Rouge puts together a "Community Comes Together" program for Christmas, which matches sponsors with families in need. Through the decades, they have never seen such a low turnout of donors. Currently, 350 families... more » -
Afghan refugees expected to start arriving in Baton Rouge by end of September Play Video
September 17, 2021 6:33 PM
BATON ROUGE - States have been notified about how many Afghan evacuees are being resettled in their areas. Out of nearly 37,000, there are 59 coming to Louisiana and 49 of them will be finding homes in the Baton Rouge area. Catholic Charities says it got the news late... more » -
'I don't have any regret,' Louisiana veteran reacts to fall of Afghanistan, end of America's longest war Play Video
August 17, 2021 8:47 PM
BATON ROUGE - At just 19 years old, Alec Daniel signed up to be shipped into a war zone. After figuring out college wasn't for him, the capital city native served two deployments in Afghanistan as a member of the 101st Airborne Division. Deployed in 2010 and again in... more »