An Acadiana church is asking for the return of a crucifix taken from the grave of a local candidate for sainthood. On Thursday, the Rev. Korey R. LaVergne of St. Edward Catholic Church in Richard ...

Joseph Dutton, a sainthood candidate with the title of "Servant of God," is seen in this undated photo. He was a Civil War veteran who served in the leprosy settlement of Kalaupapa, Hawaii, from 1886 ...

CHURCH POINT, La. (KLFY) — Officials at St. Edward Catholic Church in Church Point are looking for answers after the desecration of the gravesite of the “The Little Cajun Saint,” Charlene Richard.

RICHARD, La. (Louisiana First) — People from across the country make the trip to a small Louisiana town to visit a grave occupied by a young girl who died nearly seven decades ago. Charlene Richard’s ...

Charlene Richard, a Catholic Servant of God whose cause for beatification and canonization has been forwarded to the Vatican, will be memorialized on the 64th anniversary of her death Friday evening ...

RICHARD, La. (KLFY) — The Vatican has officially accepted and approved the investigation into the life of Charlene Richard, “the Little Cajun Saint.” Charlene, a Richard native, died from acute ...

ACADIA PARISH, La. (KLFY) — A special mass was held at St. Edward’s Catholic Church to honor Charlene Richard, known as the “Little Cajun Saint, on the 66th anniversary of her death. Charlene Richard ...

A ceremony to honor Charlene Richard, a twelve-year-old girl that passed away from Leukemia on Aug. 11, 1959 will take place on Saturday. The event will be held at St. Edward Roman Catholic Church in ...

The gravesite of Charlene Richard, a sainthood candidate who has the title “Servant of God,” is seen in this undated photo. Charlene, a young Cajun girl in the Diocese of Lafayette, La., who died of ...

The gravesite of Charlene Richard, a sainthood candidate who has the title “Servant of God,” is seen in this undated photo. Charlene, a young Cajun girl in the Diocese of Lafayette, La., who died of ...