Archdiocese Of New Orleans Sell of 30 Vacant Unused Properties Estimated to Net 3 Million Dollars

The New Orleans Catholic Newspaper has the article at Archdiocese sells 30 vacant, unused properties

Former Baptist Now Jesuit In Training Heads Black Catholic Seminarians Group

National Catholic Reporter has a short but informative piece on the new Lorenzo Herman, a Jesuit scholastic,  who is the president of the Na...

Why Does the Episcopal Church Get So Much Press

Get Religion talks about why Episcopalians get so much press. See  WWROD: Why do Episcopalians get so much ink? I agree with those observati...

Bishop Alexander Sample Soon To Be Archbishop of Portand First Bishop From Generation of Ignorant Catholics

Yesterday Pope Benedict made Bishop Alexander Sample of Marquette, Michigan  the new Archbishop of Portland Oregon .. There are some interes...

Montana Catholic Priest is a sitting duck on Sundays in 23 year long game of TAG

This is such a great story in the WSJ .

Vatican Newspaper L'Osservatore Romano Strikes Back At UK Guardian on Tales of Getting Rich Off Of Mussolini's Money ( English Translation )

Nice to see that the Vatican Newspaper finally respond. Below is a translation I have gotten from this page . History should not be mistreat...

Huge Development in Catholic Social Media - Aleteia and Google “holy Web alliance”

Vatican Insider  from Italy has an article here Aleteia and Google forge “holy Web alliance” I have to admit I just discovered them as they ...

Leonardo da Vinci’s Groundbreaking Drawings of the Unborn

As noted here the sketches are groundbreaking because of some of the elements of accuracy.

Catholic Church and Reformed Churches in the USA Reach Baptism Agreement

An important agreement was signed with the United States Catholic Bishops and  the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Christian Reformed Church i...

Got News Secular Media - Leader of Episcopal Church Links Bishop To School Shooters

To say the dispute with the departed Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina and the National  Episcopal Church USA is tense is an understatemen...

Four Months After Becoming Archbishop San Francisco Magazine Interviews Salvatore Cordileone

San Francisco Magazine has a pretty decent interview/article on the Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone who was installed as San Fran's newe...

Great News - Rwandan Survior Immaculėe Ilibagiza To Speak And Give Retreat in Shreveport Louisiana

I would really like to go to this .

Tell The Vatican & Bishops We 're Printing Guns - 3-D Printing to Make Church Gun Policy Obsolete ?

I guess one can do that after you tell your mom. One has to be living under a rock not to have heard the so called " National Discussi...

Media's Strange Disinterest On Pope's Remarks on Marriage & Annulments ( Full Text of Remarks to Roman Rota )

I am always interested in what the media finds interesting or noteworthy about Papal remarks and what it does not. Usually hot button sensat...

In A First Pope Benedict Gives Task Of Writing Of thr 2013 Good Friday Stations of the Cross to Two Lebanese Youth

The two youth are of the  Maronite Church and will focus on the problems of the Middle East. Vatican Insider has the article up at Pope assi...

No Sexual Relations For Soon To Be Married Catholic Priest and Wife

Interesting story out of New York. Canon Lawyer Edward Peters has the link and makes some comments about some misconceptions related to this...

An Orthodox Jew Plays N.C.A.A. Division I Basketball

There are only three them. Nice article from the New York Times at Studying X’s, O’s and the Torah  .

Louisiana Sights From March For Life In Washington D.C - Youth From Diocese of Baton Rouge

Over the weekend trying to post some of the Louisiana theme as to the Right to Life March in Washington D.C. as I find pics and stories from...

Archbishop Aymond Of New Orleans & Youth At March For Life 2013 Washington D.C ( Pic )

I LIKE THE HATS !! Going to  try over the next couple of days to has as I have been doing  post a few entries on Louisiana participation in ...

Zachery Louisiana Young Man Shows God 's Plan Comes Full Circle As To Abortion - March For Life 2013

The March for Life has just finished up in Washington D.C. I hope to find some Louisiana related stories and pics to put up later on. Howeve...

NFL & City Of New Orleans Might Not Be Able to Suspend First Amendment For Superbowl - Federal Judge issue TRO

See  Court issues partial TRO in Super Bowl 'Clean Zone' lawsuit -Free speech battles Super Bowl in Big Easy How overbroad this stat...

About The 450 PREAUX Life Kids From the Diocese of Baton Rouge at 2013 March For Life In D.C.

Mother talks about her two PREAUX Life children and 450 other Preaux Life Kids from that Diocese of Baton Rouge that are right now in at the...

Congressman Scalise of Louisiana On The State of Internet Freedom

I wanted to provide a link to his remarks that he gave at the State of the Net Conference . Good Stuff.

Lake Charles Louisiana Has Arrived At March For Life - Praying At White House Pic

Going to try to focus on the Louisiana angle of the March for Life in D.C. this week. LAKE CHARLES area folks folks have arrived. Here they ...

Article on the Oldest and Still Operating Catholic School in the United States - Ursuline Academy In New Orleans

Pretty nice article on the Ursuline Academy in New Orleans which is not only the oldest Catholic School in the nation but one that has never...

Religious Liberty , & Positive Versus Negative Liberty Revisited

Not too long ago I had this post up  Why Some People Are From Mars and Some From Venus On Religious Liberty and Hobby Lobby . In that post ...

Texas Aggies and Pope Benedict On Judging Folks

I thought the Texas Catholic Aggies blog has a good post up yesterday  at What " Judge Not " Really Means . I think they clarify i...

University of Louisiana Lafayette Catholic Campus Ministry To Be Highlighted On EWTN

I has a post on the University of Louisiana Lafayette Catholic Campus Ministry yesterday at University of Louisiana Lafayette & FOCUS Ke...

The Latest in Liturgical Fashions - A LSU Priest Stole

The latest in Priestly LSU fashions via Father Bryan new rector of St Luke's Episcopal Church in Baton Rouge

Vermont ( went 67 % For Obama ) Withdraws Gun Control Legislation For Lack of Support

  Gun laws in  the State Vermont are almost unheard of it appears .  That record will appear to continue . See Gun control bill shot down in...

University of Louisiana Lafayette & FOCUS Keeps Producing Catholic Vocations

Those include two women that are have accepted into the postulancy with the Sisters of Our Lady of Sorrows   , A young man that has just ta...

Religious Liberty For Atheists Abroad and At Home

The Friendly Atheist has a post up U.S. Religious Freedom Commission Once Again Champions the Rights of Atheists I have to say I suspect th...

Catholic Legal Reflections On The Anniversary of Roe v. Wade

Prof  Rick Garnett has them here at On the anniversary of Roe v. Wade

Dog and Humans " Baptized " In new Baptism on the Go Liturgy

Thankfully the proper formula does not appear to have been used .

Downton Abbey and Being A Catholic Or A Liturgical / Hierarchical Christian

Roma locuta est has a nice piece up on this at  On Downton Abbey and Being Catholic

How Does A Libertarian Louisiana Atheist Take An Oath Of Office.

I was over at the Friendly Atheist site and saw a post that interested me since it dealt with an elected official here in Louisiana. See Aft...

Putting the Catholic Vocation Shortage In Its Proper Place - The United Methodist

I am a lot more optimistic about the fate of United States Methoidists than Mr Rankin but something in his piece The United Methodist Church...

Catholic Dr Robert P George and Southern Baptist Dr Russell Moore Joint Article On How to React To Louie Giglio Inaugural Disinvite

This is over at First Things. See   Shrug Not

Archdiocese of New Orleans Opens New office On Evangelization and The Eucharist

I have to say for a number of years the Archdiocese I think has done a good job in Eucharistic projects which shows up in the amount of ador...

Seminarian and Parish Community Aids 83 Year Old Woman Entry Into Catholic Church

This is a nice story from the  Archdiocese of Indianapolis newspaper today. See Seminarian, parish community help 83-year-old woman realize ...

Best College Reviews Has Top 30 Beautiful Campus Cathedrals In The World

See The 30 Most Beautiful College Cathedrals  . I tmight be a tad American heavy since 21 of them are in the United States .

Les Miles Says No God Says No - Mo Isom On Her LSU Football Team Experience

A nice personal testimony from Mo Isom on her attempt to become LSU's first female football player .

LSU Grad Does Cartoon Mocking HHS Contraception Mandate Conscientious Objectors

This cartoon is by2009 LSU Grad M J Shepherd . His post on this cartoon is here . Needless to say I think his view of the issues surroundin...

Another Catholic Voice ( Non Traddie ) For Return to Kneeling and the Altar Rail For Communion

That is the Deacon Bench.

Mennonites & Hobby Lobby - Are Fed Judges Incorrectly Playing Role Of Moral Theologians In Contraception Mandate Cases ?

Melissa Moschella has a piece at Public Discourse at the start of the year I wanted to explore a tad. See The HHS Mandate and Judicial The...

As United States Prepares For Immigration Reform Debate Pope Benedict Release Annual Message On The Topic

See the full text here at MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE BENEDICT XVI FOR THE WORLD DAY OF MIGRANTS AND REFUGEES (2013) .

Nation's First Religious Liberty University Law Clinic Opens At Stanford Today

There is a short item on that here.  Another sign that these cases and issues will take more importance in the years ahead.

Evangelical Views On End Of the World Responsible for Gun Violence and Other Problems ?

There is a University of St Thomas Law Prof that has a article up at  Huff Post Against Apocalypticism . Basically it blames some facets of ...

Piers Morgan Wants To Drastically Expand Gun Ownership RIGHTS - Says Let It Be Like Cars

Piers tweeted : If Americans are happy to accept all the laws/insurance/regulations to own a car, why not a gun? I am not sure this was Pier...

Archbishop Chaput To Catholic Campus Ministers Status Quo Unacceptable- Cites FOCUS Ministry As Example of New Thinking

The Catholic Campus Ministry Association had their  national convention in Florida this past week . Archbishop Chaput of Philadelphia was ...