Category: Religion

Christians begin Lenten season Wednesday

Lent begins Wednesday, and many Christians will participate in an Ash Wednesday service signifying the start of the religious season, which lasts until Easter. During this time, many will observe a period of fasting and repentance while also practicing self-denial and spiritual discipline.

Catholic schools embrace new approaches to special education

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.

As a doctor just back from Sudan, hospitality froma

Many Americans have never visited a predominantly Muslim country and may know relatively little about the faith of Islam. This is relevant in light of the Trump administration’s recent executive order attempting to reduce terrorist threats to the U.S. by halting the issuance of visas to travelers from seven predominantly Muslim countries.

I’m a US doctor just back from Sudan, where hospitality from…

Many Americans have never visited a predominantly Muslim country and may know relatively little about the faith of Islam. This is relevant in light of the Trump administration’s recent executive order attempting to reduce terrorist threats to the U.S. by halting the issuance of visas to travelers from seven predominantly Muslim countries.

Trump opens first full day on job at church

… under the Affordable Care Act , which might include enforcement of the penalty for people who fail to carry the health insurance that the law requires of most Americans. President Donald Trump signed an executive order late Friday giving federal …

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.

Hansen makes presentation on wagon trains at SUP meeting

On Thursday, Jan. 5, Robert Hansen told a fascinating and little-known piece of LDS immigration history that has been largely lost, even by those who are descendants of those immigrants involved.After The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was established in Utah, the Perpetual Immigration Fund was established to help converts, especially … (more)

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.