In a classroom one recent weekday at St. Benilde Catholic School in Metairie, teacher Jennifer Kelly kept a group of children’s eyes trained on her as she read aloud questions on an English worksheet. A few feet away, a fourth-grade girl read with another teacher’s help, while a third-grade boy stood on a trampoline and finished his work on a laptop.
Category: Roman Catholic Church
COLUMN: Anti-LGBTQ Catholic bishop retires
Henry made headlines over the years regarding his intolerant views on LGBTQ rights and equality. His adamant opposition to LGBTQ rights has been well documented and he may count himself as one of the most vocal, intolerant critics in this country.
1st Mexican-American to rise to Catholic bishop in US dies
Archbishop Patricio Fernandez Flores, former archbishop of the San Antonio Roman Catholic archdiocese and the first Mexican-American to rise to bishop in the U.S. Catholic church, has died at the age of 87. In a lengthy statement, the San Antonio archdiocese said Flores died Monday of pneumonia and congestive heart failure at a San Antonio assisted living center for retired priests. Flores was born in the small Texas Coastal Plains farming town of Ganado.
New head of Catholic Relief Services wants to be a beacon of light in dark places
Catholic Relief Services COO, Sean Callahan, holds 11-month-old Siad from Kobane in Syria, as he and his family cross the border from Serbia into Croatia, at Berkasovo, Serbia on Oct. 2, 2015. Every day thousands of refugees cross this border on their journey north to the European Union.