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When Sister Suellen Tennyson was held hostage for five months in West Africa, she prayed nonstop for the health of her unborn great niece. Her prayers were answered.

"I’ve been thinking more and more about the transience of our lives. ... that recalls to mind one of the cornerstones of our faith: we never know the hour or moment." - Dr. Heather Bozant Witcher

“Place your life under the Word of God. All of us, even the pastors of the church, are under the authority of the Word of God." - Pope Francis

" ... Congress and each individual state can greatly restrict or even totally ban abortion. But the opposite is also the reality in that Congress and states can make abortion legal." - Tony Magliano

Fasting allows us to be docile to the Holy Spirit and better hear God's will.

“Joie de Vivre,” a new quarterly print art journal highlighting the arts and letters of Catholic south Louisiana, is set to debut in early March.

Tony Magliano's commentary regarding U.S. Title 42 and immigration.

A lifetime of memories flooded Clarion Herald editor Peter Finney Jr. when he rented a car for the ordination of Auxiliary Bishop John Tran in Atlanta.

With an easygoing demeanor and a relentless commitment to service, Bishop-elect John Tran transformed many lives at Mary Queen of Peace. John Tomba's is one of them.

Archbishop Gregory Aymond delivers his New Year’s message to the Young Church of the Archdiocese of New Orleans.

"The overall goal is to be a vibrant church that fulfills the Gospel call to bring Jesus Christ to others." - Archbishop Gregory M. Aymond

Notre Dame Seminary professor remembers the contributions of the late Pope Benedict XVI.

Pope Francis challenges us to let God transform the usual way we view the world; to no longer think in exclusively personal and nationalistic terms.

Msgr. William Bilinsky, who parents were natives of Ukraine, believes 2023 could bring peace because Russian mothers are done with losing their sons.

“Today, amid the lethargy that dulls our senses, ... the shepherds are summoning us to set out and get involved in our world, to dirty our hands and to do some good,” Pope Francis said.

Nature created by God astonishes mom/architect and NOLA Catholic Parenting columnist/blogger Ana Borden.

To U.S. readers, ... "(please urge U.S. senators and representatives) to ensure that all assistance to Israel be conditioned on proof that none of it will go toward human rights violations inflicted upon Palestinians." - Tony Magliano, Making a Difference

NOLA Catholic Parenting blogger/columnist Charlotte Phillips tells us that the season of Advent gives us "time to not only prepare our homes, but also our hearts, to celebrate the birth of Jesus on Christmas Day."

"The magic of Christmas is the unbridled joy (of children) at the smallest of things."