A major exhibit of the personal effects of Blessed Pope John Paul II, entitled “I Have Come to You Again,” will open its three-city U.S. tour in the Archdiocese of New Orleans in February 2013, and the exhibit organizer who has handled four previous Vatican exhibits in the U.S. said he is bracing for record crowds.

Jesuit Father John W. Padberg delivered the homily April 14 at the Centennial Celebratory Mass honoring the founding of Loyola University New Orleans in 1912. The Mass was followed by a student and alumni picnic and culminated with a fireworks display.

I was in the car with a friend of mine talking about our plans for the summer and what we were planning to do after we graduate with our master’s degrees in May, when Taylor Swift’s song, “Don’t You Ever Grow Up,” came on my friend’s iPod.

The motto “Charity Leads to Perfection” is practiced throughout the school year by Archbishop Hannan High School students in Covington. Hannan campus minister Leila Benoit coordinates grade-level service projects in the community.

Dear Tom, That was really cool of you to buy the Hornets. Since you and the Saints returned after Hurricane Katrina, you have been a champion for the city of New Orleans. Frankly, you could have placed that $338 million elsewhere and earned a lot more on your investment.

And the game played on. With just one game in the win-loss column separating the two in the waning days of the District 9-5A baseball title race, Jesuit and Archbishop Rummel crossed bats in another classic confrontation on April 13.

WASHINGTON (CNS) – Here are some key points raised in “Our First, Most Cherished Liberty: A Statement on Religious Liberty” by the U.S. bishops’ Ad Hoc Committee for Religious Liberty. The document was made public April 12.

On April 12, Sister of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Camille Anne Campbell, president/principal of Mount Carmel Academy, accepted the 2012 Catholic Schools for Tomorrow “Innovations in Education” award at the National Catholic Educational Association conference in Boston.

With Easter flowers and blossoming trees still decorating St. Peter’s Square, Pope Benedict XVI held his weekly general audience and encouraged Catholics to let the risen Lord into their hearts and to share his peace with the world.

Growing up in the hill country of Texas in the 1930s, Marjorie Hill was so poor and so isolated from civilization that she had no earthly idea of what she might be missing. Marjorie’s mother was kind and loving, but her father drifted in and out of her life whenever the wind blew.

You are a member of the Administrative Committee of the U.S. bishops, which last week approved a new statement on religious liberty that calls on Catholics to resist “unjust” laws as a duty of citizenship.

He came like a Catholic rock star in 1987, spending three days in the grueling September heat of New Orleans, where he engaged thousands in the air-conditioned comfort of the Superdome and inspired thousands more drenched by a thunderstorm camping out for his arrival at an outdoor Mass at the University of New Orleans.

Extiendo un saludo de Pascua a todos aquellos en la Arquidiócesis de Nueva Orleáns. Por favor, sepa que usted, sus seres queridos y sus intenciones especiales, serán recordadas en mis celebraciones litúrgicas en la Catedral de San Luis en la Vigilia Pascual y el Domingo de Pascua.

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Teen speaks truth Harahan Re: “De La Salle student skewers media’s fake reality” (March 17, 2012) Katie Hansche’s essay relative to the effects of the entertainment media is most praiseworthy. Her grasp of the overwhelming and growing problem of the negative and demeaning influence that television and contemporary society have upon teens is most relevant and well stated.

Light and darkness, truth and lies, hope and despair are in a constant battle in the world, but with his death and resurrection Jesus conquered sin and death for all time, Pope Benedict XVI said on Easter.

The re-enactment of the Way of the Cross during Easter Week was performed April 3 at Archbishop Chapelle and April 4 at Rummel. Notre Dame seminarian Tim Hedrick, the director, encouraged audience members to walk with Jesus to his death by identifying with one of the characters – for example Pontius Pilate who didn’t stand up for what was right.

The Mount Carmel Academy soccer team achieved much more than the Division I state title against St. Scholastica Feb. 25 at Tad Gormley Stadium. Throughout the year, the team gave back to the community through numerous service projects, including working with the Miracle League Foundation and the ARC of New Orleans.

Archbishop Gregory Aymond was on hand March 31 to celebrate a Mass marking the 40th anniversary celebration of the Hispanic Apostolate at the new home of the ministry at the former St. Lawrence the Martyr in Metairie.

Let me get all of this stuff straight. An independent film producer, working in cooperation with former Saint Steve Gleason, is allowed into a meeting before the Saints-49ers playoff game. In that meeting, defensive coordinator Gregg Williams, according to audio recordings that the filmmaker said are authentic, talks of a “take out of the outside ACL” of wide receiver Michael Crabtree.