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The former Redemptorist High School principal has led a life for others, filled with teaching and doing little things that have made an incredible impact.

Subscribing to a "consistent ethic" and voting for one who feels "abortion is a ‘basic right’ of the individual ... would be an absence of legal protection for the unborn."- the late Cardinal Joseph Bernardin. If we are to read the signs of the times, the abortion issue is of monumental moral importance - Moral theologian Charles Camousy.

How can we help children and teens – who will shape society for the next 75 years – make abortion unthinkable? Here's a modest proposal.

New Orleans Saints and Pelicans president Dennis Lauscha, a 1987 graduate of Jesuit, says caring for the community has been a bedrock value for both franchises.

For the last two years, Father Otis Young, pastor of St. Peter Church in Covington, has been an icon of faith and perseverance by celebrating Mass despite the after-effects of a stroke.

Judge Calvin Johnson was arrested as a 16-year-old in 1963 for "inciting a riot" while advocating for the desegregation of public schools. Nearly 60 years later, he got an incredible gift.

When Bernadette D'Souza was an attorney protecting clients from domestic violence, a woman was gunned down at her feet. Her Catholic faith remains her life's anchor.

"Rise St. James" founder Sharon Lavigne will receive the prestigious Laetare Medal from the University of Notre Dame May 15 for her grassroots faith-based organization that has slowed, perhaps imperiled, the mammoth Formosa Plastics Group project near Donaldsonville, La.

The surge in deadly carjackings in New Orleans begs the question: Why exactly are we allowing this? It's a citizens' wake-up call.

Msgr. William Bilinsky, a Ukrainian Greek Catholic Catholic priest living in the Archdiocese of New Orleans, relates his memory of his time in 1991 as a translator for then-retired Archbishop Philip Hannan in Ukraine.

Father Pedro Nuñez was so nervous about public speaking in the seminary that he asked classmates to pinch-hit for him. Now he's known around the world for his powerful witness.

Charlie Myers didn't talk much about himself. But when he died Feb. 6 at the age of 99, the stories flowed about how he was a champion for civil rights far ahead of his time.

Attorney Bob Winn became a tireless defender of unborn life in 1970 after seeing the reality of abortion through a series of slides. He passed away Jan. 13 at 83.

Rory Jasper will graduate in May with a degree in political science from the University of Notre Dame, and then he will follow in ACE teacher Elizabeth Chaten's footsteps as he embarks on a two-year program as an ACE teacher himself.

Even though in some eyes the world seems to be coming to an end, here's a different perspective with some wisdom from C.S. Lewis and St. Teresa of Avila.

It's easy to write about sports with the gift of 20-20 hindsight. What if you had to predict what will happen a year from now? Check out this attempt.

You've heard of "The Golden Rule." See how "The Silver Rule" – first, do no harm – has everything to do with overturning Roe v. Wade.

When Abby Douglas, 9, was killed by a drunk driver, her family was buoyed by the emotional and spiritual support they received from the St. Ann Parish and School community.

Patrick Anthony Andonie, who died of COVD in August, had a heart of others, and his father and best friend want that legacy to continue.

The Catholic Community Foundation's executive director Cory Howat has a goal for 2021 of creating a portal on 'iGiveCatholicTogether' that would accept cryptocurrency donations, which would then be immediately converted into cash.