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- Oct 13, 2019
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Catholic Extension honors Louisiana faith leader for uniting communities
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- Oct 9, 2019
Mack McCarter, who has spent a lifetime helping hurting communities by building “a system of caring relationships,” starting in his hometown of Shreveport, is the winner of Catholic Extension’s 2019-2020 Lumen Christi Award.
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Supreme Court agrees to take up Louisiana abortion case this term
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- Oct 5, 2019
The Supreme Court announced Oct. 4, just three days before it begins its new term, that it will add an abortion case to its docket.
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In New Orleans, hope for justice seen in ex-deacon’s arrest
- Associated Press, Church in the US
- Sep 27, 2019
A man who says he was raped by a Catholic deacon four decades ago while serving as an altar boy in New Orleans says he hopes the deacon’s arrest will “send a message to other pedophiles in the church that this should never happen again.”
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Conservative foes of death penalty meet in Louisiana
- Associated Press, Church in the US
- Sep 7, 2019
Conservative death penalty opponents gathered in New Orleans on Friday for two days of discussions on how best to convince their political allies in Louisiana and other right-leaning states that capital punishment should be abolished.
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Eucharistic boat procession to mark Assumption, Acadiana history, faith
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- Aug 3, 2019
Catholics in the Diocese of Lafayette are gearing up to celebrate two significant events in the life of the universal church and the local church Aug. 15.
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Louisiana governor says he’ll sign newly approved ‘heartbeat bill’
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- May 30, 2019
Louisiana’s Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards, a Catholic, said he will sign into law a measure that makes nearly all abortions illegal in the state once the fetal heartbeat is detected, which could be as early as six weeks.
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