by Bruce Nolan and The Times-Picayune | Jan 5, 2011 | News
NEW ORLEANS (RNS) The last time Matt Sloan saw Sylvia Blanchard’s house after he and Episcopal volunteer crews reclaimed it from Hurricane Katrina, the Blanchards were back in and it was neat, clean and smelling new. But it was raw, too, in the way of new...
by Bruce Nolan and The Times-Picayune | Nov 10, 2010 | News
NEW ORLEANS (RNS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told thousands of American Jewish leaders that Israel will not allow Iran to acquire a nuclear weapon, and stands ready to negotiate a meaningful peace with Palestinians, but only if they guarantee Israeli...
by Bruce Nolan and The Times-Picayune | Oct 28, 2010 | News
NEW ORLEANS (RNS) Some families may be debating whether to send kids out to trick-or-treat on Sunday night, but there’s no debate in Louisiana’s Livingston Parish, where local laws forbid the observance of Halloween on a Sunday. This year, for the first time, in...
by Bruce Nolan and The Times-Picayune | Aug 31, 2010 | News
(RNS) With a light rain falling, hundreds of New Orleanians gathered at St. Louis Cathedral on Sunday (Aug. 29) afternoon to remember Hurricane Katrina in grief, gratitude and hope, in the words of New Orleans Archbishop Gregory Aymond. A 45-minute ceremony in the...