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Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

The Maroon

Homosexuality remains controversial

Homosexual sex is the sad consequence of rejecting God. This was the statement released by the Catholic Church in its 1976 "Declaration On Certain Questions Concerning Sexual out." Loyola's Director of...

Abortion argument lingers on campus

The debate on abortion on Loyola's campus stretches back well over the past few decades.  On Nov. 7, 1985, Loyola hosted a debate on abortion rights. The two debaters were Phyllis Schlafly, founder...

Church gives home to AIDS victims

Katie Duffy April 12, 2012

Robert had no job, no money, no home, and he was fatally ill. He was soon to be released from Charity Hospital and had nowhere to go. Robert has acquired immune deficiency syndrome. The Rev. Robert Pawell,...

The Rev. Harold Cohen

‘Satan’ visits Buddig Hall?

Vicki Calloum April 12, 2012

Two Loyola co-eds were confronted with a series of bizarre happenings long before "The Exorcist" focused attention on the horrors of demonic influence. And, in 1968, a priest was called to perform a minor...

Women as Priests? Vatican won’t budge on holy edict

Cathy Baroco April 12, 2012

Construction workers, stock car drivers, politicians, media correspondents, doctors, lawyers, pilots: all these occupations at one time were seen as naturally and necessarily male, and women have conquered...

Brief: Tobacco sacred to Lakota religion

Maroon Staff March 30, 2012

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - A Lakota traditional healer is arguing that tobacco is an integral part of Native American religious ceremonies and denying its use is akin to taking away the Bible from a Christian. Richard...

Brief: Louisiana church to restore bells

Maroon Staff March 30, 2012

NEW IBERIA, La. (AP) - Since the first majestic bell was installed in 1850, the bells in St. Martin de Tours Catholic Church have pealed joy, sorrow and solemnity throughout the historic community of...

April symposium challenges materialism

Daniel Quick Religion Editor March 29, 2012

Is the American dream destroying the world? Some believe so and, on April 14, Loyola will be part of an "international effort to raise awareness of the current global crisis" through the Awakening the...

Campus signs serve to remind people of the Lenten season

Campus signs serve to remind people of the Lenten season

On the way to class, the dorms or the Orleans Room, one can find Lent signs that remind students to thank God, pray and generally do good things. According to Ken Weber, these Lent signs are posted to...

ANJLE COLEMAN

Skittles experience prompts tolerance and acceptance

Over the years, I have come to believe that memory, identity and sexuality (all aspects of sexuality, not merely sexual drive) are linked so closely that any shift in one affects another, thus affecting...

Jesuit values integral to faculty decisions

Jesuit values integral to faculty decisions

Karl Gommel Staff Writer March 22, 2012

The values of a Jesuit university are set in the concrete in front of Monroe Library, atop which students walk every day. Three Loyola deans have confirmed that their respective colleges account for Jesuit...

Firecracker shrimp po-boy from Parasol’s Bar and Restaurant

Get Your Grub On

PATRICK RAFFERTY Staff Writer March 22, 2012

Lent, also known as the carnivore catastrophe. Every Friday during this grueling six-week period, Catholics everywhere are relegated to any food that does not come from a warm-blooded animal. Luckily,...

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