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The Sisters of the Holy Family ride on their anniversary float in the Mystic Krewe of Femme Fatale on Feb. 19. Photo credit: Colleen Dulle

Nuns make history on parade float

Colleen Dulle March 7, 2017

The Sisters of the Holy Family are celebrating the 175th anniversary of their founding in New Orleans at the biggest party in town: Mardi Gras. "Well, I always thought that you can't have a celebration...

The Jewish Community Center is quiet after a bomb threat caused the building to be evacuated Feb. 23. Photo credit: Colleen Dulle

Uptown JCC evacuated after bomb threat

Colleen Dulle February 23, 2017

The Jewish Community Center Uptown received a bomb threat this morning, Feb. 23.The building at St. Charles Avenue and Jefferson Avenue was evacuated until the threat was declared "not credible" just before...

Voodoo Spiritual Temple rebuilt after fire

Voodoo Spiritual Temple rebuilt after fire

Cole Gautereaux February 16, 2017
Historic Voodoo Spiritual Temple and Priestess To Take 2017 In Stride
The Rev. Ed Vacek, S.J., celebrates the Black History Mass in place of Bishop Ferdinand Cheri, who was sick. Vacek's homily bothered some students who said it was degrading to African-Americans. Photo credit: Davis Walden

Black History Mass sparks controversy

Leah Banks February 16, 2017

Loyola's Black History Mass was planned as an uplifting celebration of African-American culture but left some students feeling discouraged. On Feb. 12, Loyola's 9 p.m. Mass community held its 8th Annual...

Cyprien Bullock, English junior (second from right) meditates alongside other students during his study abroad program in India. Bullock said his three months at a Buddhist temple made him a more compassionate person. Photo credit: Cyprien Bullock

Junior studies abroad at ‘Buddha boot camp’

Natalie Hatton February 9, 2017

As a Buddhist, learning how to meditate had been a lifelong dream for Cyprien Bullock. That dream became a reality last year when the English junior traveled to India to live in a monastery alongside Buddhist...

The cast of "The Vagina Monologues" stands on stage during the Feb. 4 performance of the show. "The Vagina Monologues" drew controversy when Students for Life found out the production's proceeds were to be given to Planned Parenthood. Photo credit: Amy Ngo

Students clash over ‘Vagina Monologues’ proceeds

Erin Snodgrass February 6, 2017

Loyola students performed “The Vagina Monologues,” a play featuring short feminist monologues, Feb. 3–5 to sold out crowds. The student-run production received support from the Women’s Resource...

The Rev. Kevin Wildes, S.J. speaks to faculty and staff at the spring convocation in Nunemaker Hall, Jan. 13. Wilde gave a statement after a conflict between two student organizations.

Opinion: Disagreements should be civil but robust – Wildes

The Rev. Kevin Wildes, S.J. February 6, 2017

As a university — indeed as a Catholic, Jesuit university founded on humanist principles  — Loyola University New Orleans has a responsibility to explore complicated social issues and dialogue with...

White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, left, and Jared Kushner, senior adviser to President Donald Trump, arrive for a meeting with business leaders in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Jan. 30, 2017. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

BRIEF: Priebus: No regrets that Holocaust statement didn’t refer to Jews

Colleen Dulle January 31, 2017

WASHINGTON (AP) — White House chief of staff Reince Priebus says there are no regrets a presidential statement on the Holocaust didn't include a clear reference to the 6 million Jews who were killed.He...

Alexandre Bissonnette is escorted to a van Monday, Jan. 30, 2017, in Quebec City, after appearing in court for Sunday's deadly shooting at a mosque. The French Canadian suspect known for his far-right, nationalist views was charged Monday with six counts of first-degree murder and five counts of attempted murder in the shooting rampage at the Quebec City mosque that Canada's prime minister called an act of terrorism again Muslims. (Jacques Boissinot/The Canadian Press via AP)

BRIEF: 1 person charged after Canada mosque shooting

January 31, 2017

QUEBEC CITY (AP) —A French Canadian known for far-right, nationalist views was charged Monday with six counts of first-degree murder and five counts of attempted murder over the shooting rampage...

BRIEF: Faith leaders speak out against executive order

January 31, 2017

Embed from Getty Images(AP) — From pulpits to sidewalk vigils, clergy have been part of a religious outpouring against Trump’s plan to suspend refugee entry from seven majority Muslim countries....

The Rev. Fred Kammer, S.J., director of the Jesuit Social Research Institute, leads a group of protestors in prayer at Lafayette Cemetery No. 1 on Jan. 28. The protest was against repealing the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid expansion in Louisiana.

Jesuit hosts health care protest in cemetery

Colleen Dulle January 31, 2017

No signs were allowed and there was no shouting. Instead, the group quietly prayed together and told stories of how having health insurance had affected them. On Jan. 28, several dozen people gathered...

A view of the lights for the upcoming lunar new year's celebration as seen from the Independence Palace, Friday, Jan. 13, 2017 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)

New Orleans gears up for Vietnamese New Year

Erin Snodgrass January 26, 2017

The Vietnamese community across the world is gearing up for its largest celebration of the year. Jan. 28 marks the Vietnamese Lunar New Year, also known as Tet. This upcoming year will be the Year of...

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