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Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

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Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

The Maroon

Students protest Israeli event

BURKE BISCHOFF March 14, 2013

Two Loyola students joined a group of Palestinian protesters to silently protest an Israeli event on University of New Orleans' campus. On Thursday, Feb. 28, UNO's Allies of Israel brought two Israeli...

In this Aug. 7, 2009 file photo, Argentina’s Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio gives a Mass outside the San Cayetano church where an Argentine flag hangs behind him in Buenos Aires, Argentina. On Wednesday, March 13, 2013, Bergoglio was elected pope, the first ever from the Americas and the first from outside Europe in more than a millennium. He chose the name Pope Francis I.

First Jesuit named pope

BRIAN MURPHY AND MICHAEL WARREN March 13, 2013

VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Francis I, an austere Jesuit intellectual who modernized Argentina's conservative Catholic church, is the first Pope from the Americas. Known until Wednesday as Jorge Bergoglio,...

Jesuits advocate for human dignity

ASHLEY FRUGE March 8, 2013

A group of Jesuit activists launched a campaign for the humane treatment of illegal immigrants by appealing to national and local politicians. Jesuit activists hosted the Ignatian Family Advocacy Month,...

Faculty experience eloquence convention

BURKE BISCHOFF March 8, 2013

With the help of the Jesuit Center, faculty and staff were able to experience full eloquence for an entire weekend by participating in the Heartland Delta Faculty Conversations. The conference is held...

Retreat widens student appeal

JESSICA DEBOLD March 8, 2013

The increased demand to attend the Spring Awakening retreat promises that there will not be a spot for everyone, but students within Mission and Ministry are taking time to carefully prepare. On March...

ALEX FOURNET

Media on pope’s leave misses point

ALEX FOURNET March 1, 2013

It is probably safe to say that few expected Benedict XVI's greatest contribution to the Church to be one of extreme humility and a de-emphasizing of cult surrounding the person of the pope. Especially...

Joseph Albin

Chaplain fundraises to join abbey

JESSICA DEBOLD March 1, 2013

Loyola resident chaplain, Joseph Albin, needs a new habit. Albin will join a Dominican priory in Texas next year, as long as he can fundraise his way out of student loan debt. Albin was accepted to the...

Brief: Iran bans Buddist statues from stores in its capital

Associate Press March 1, 2013

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Buddha statues have joined Barbie dolls and characters from "The Simpsons" TV cartoon as banned items in the conservative Muslim nation. Authorities are confiscating Buddha statues...

Brief: Vatican attacks media for fabricated reports

Associate Press March 1, 2013

VATICAN CITY (AP) - The Vatican lashed out Feb. 23 at the media for what it said has been a run of defamatory and false reports before the conclave to elect Pope Benedict XVI's successor, saying they...

Brief: Princeton professor will give a free lecture at Loyola

The Maroon March 1, 2013

Former president appointee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Robert P. George, J.D., Ph.D., will give a lecture on religious and civil liberties at Loyola New Orleans on March 6. George, who is the...

WADNER PIERRE

Pope resigns

WADNER PIERRE March 1, 2013

Pope Benedict XVI is under fire after he announced that he would step down as the head of the Catholic Church on Feb. 28, the first living pope to do so in nearly six centuries. I personally think that...

Loyola reflects on Mardi Gras experiences

ALLISON MCELLIGOTT February 22, 2013

As the Church begins the season of Lent, Loyola members, like Ken Weber, reflect on the beads, festivities and debauchery that come during Mardi Gras. What is seemingly the biggest party in the country...

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