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"Even pain and suffering have meaning and value when they are experienced in close connection with love received and given." Evangelium Vitae (65, 97):

Please be aware of the signs of trafficking: http://polarisproject.org/recognize-signs if you see something, SAY SOMETHING!  It is better to report a suspicious incident & be wrong than to be right & say nothing. National Human Trafficking Hotline… 888-3737-888 — keep this number in your phone!

See below to download the complete NOLACatholic e-Bulletin for October 25, 2017.

Proudly celebrating the past, faithfully committed to the future

People should cultivate [chastity] in the way that is suited to their state of life.

Assuming that the guilty party's identity and responsibility have been fully determined, the traditional teaching of the Church does not exclude recourse to the death penalty, if this is the only possible way of effectively defending human lives against the unjust aggressor.

See below to download the complete NOLACatholic e-Bulletin for October 18, 2017.

According Dignitatis Humanae, "...the right to religious freedom has its foundation in the very dignity of the human person as this dignity is known through the revealed word of God and by reason itself.

Ha habido tanta mala voluntad, e incluso, hostilidad expresada en el discurso público últimamente. ¿Cuál es la fuente del problema, y cómo puede ser remediado?

There’s been so much ill will and even hostility expressed in public discourse lately. What’s the source of the problem and how can it be remedied?

God loves each human life from the instant of his or her conception and entrusts this gift to the protection of a mother and father. Abortion ends the life of a child  and offends God.  It also deeply wounds the men and women involved.

Defense of the right to life implies the defense of all other rights that enable the individual with the disability to achieve the fullest measure of personal development of which he or she is capable.

Nowadays everyone talks about happiness. If you have the latest model car, you’ll be happy. If you get that apartment at the beach, you’ll be happy. If you get that promotion at work, you’ll be happy. And just like that, many other situations.

All Saints Day, a Holy Day of Obligation for Catholics around the world is observed annually on November 1. As is tradition in New Orleans, all Catholic Cemeteries will host special blessings of the graves on All Saints Day or All Souls’ Day (November 2) to encourage prayer and remembrance for the deceased.

"By recalling the commandment, ‘You shall not kill,’ our Lord asked for peace of heart and denounced murderous anger and hatred as immoral.