LOCAL NEWS

New Orleans LE - Cellphone trade show begins

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

CTIA Wireless, the U.S. cellphone industry's annual trade show, is attracting a lot of participation not just from the cellphone industry, but from MasterCard, Visa, and others who are in the ...

U.S.

Latest terrorist bomb plot reveals alarming levels of sophistication

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

Investigators say that an explosive device from Yemeni terrorists was sophisticated enough to slip past airport metal detectors on to an airplane bound for the United States. The discovery ...

ASIA PACIFIC

Relatives who tortured Afghan child bride get stiff sentences

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

A child bride in Afghanistan, who became the brutalized face of women's rights in her native land, now knows a measure of justice. Her in-laws have been sentenced to 10 years in prison for ...

HOME & FOOD

Salmonella found in Diamond Pet Foods

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

At least fourteen people in nine states have been sick with salmonella after handling contaminated dog food from a South Carolina plant, which produced toxic food that killed dozens of dogs.

U.S.

'Where the Wild Things Are' author Maurice Sendak dies

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

As a highly acclaimed author, his most famous and celebrated book was less than 300 words in length. Maurice Sendak, author of the children's classic "Where the Wild Things Are" has died at the ...

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS

Japan to overtake China when it comes to buying U.S. debt

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

Japan suffered more than any nation had a right to bear last year, when a 9.0 earthquake struck off the coast of Japan last March and sent a tsunami crashing into the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear ...

LOCAL NEWS

New Orleans LE - Concert marks International Jazz Day

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

Musicians are starting off performances in New Orleans to celebrate International Jazz Day.

U.S.

Ashley Judd Video Mocks Abortion, Santorum: Women of Virtue Needed

by Jennifer Hartline

The stars of the "choice" universe have gone way beyond their worn-out euphemisms and are now embracing shameless mockery.  Ashley Judd and crew have made a video that mocks the ...

ASIA PACIFIC

Australian billionaire to build life-size replica of the Titanic

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

Billionaire Clive Palmer, Australian mining magnate has commissioned a Chinese shipyard to build a replica of the ill-fated Titanic. The replica of the 1912 luxury liner will be complete in every ...

LIVING FAITH

The Old, Old, Story: Fr Dwight Longenecker on Authentic Evangelization

by Fr. Dwight Longenecker

Through video, radio, internet, blogs, e-books and publishing on demand the world is opening up to the proclamation of the gospel as never before. What is needed now is an army of enthusiastic, ...

U.S.

The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis Comes to the Stage in Norfolk, Virginia

by Deacon Keith Fournier

Max McLean told me he was convinced that this CS Lewis masterpiece was "so brilliant and so consistent" in presenting a "morally inverted universe"  that he knew it had to performed ...

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS

Bitumen, or 'dirty oil' carries transportation risks

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

Bitumen, commonly referred to as "dirty oil," has many concerned over its environmental impact on the petrochemical industry. Far more corrosive than regular crude oil, bitumen poses a hazard to ...

LOCAL NEWS

New Orleans LE - Charter school selected for Obama's art push

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

A K-8 charter school, Batiste Cultural Arts Academy, run by the ReNew charter management organization, is one of eight schools around the country selected to participate in President Obama's arts ...

U.S.

Results from 13,000 mph Falcon flight released by the Pentagon

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

The test flight of an experimental aircraft capable of traveling at 20 times the speed of sound was undertaken last August. The Pentagon has now released the results of the super-fast vehicle, ...

MIDDLE EAST

Iran copying captured U.S.-drone

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

The capture of the Sentinel by Iranian forces last year, a top-secret U.S. surveillance drone with stealth technology has been hailed as a victory for Iran and a defeat for Washington in a ...

LIVING FAITH

Vatican Congregation for the Clergy: God Stands Before Us and Invites Us to Touch Him

by Congregation for the Clergy

God stands before us and invites us to touch Him.  God does not set conditions for us; He does not call for a special 'work' or a special 'space' in order for us to meet Him.  Rather God ...

TV

Actor who played TV vampire 'Barnabas Collins' dies

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

The mythical blood-sucking vampire is supposed to be immortal. It still came as a bit of a shock to learn that TV vampire Jonathan Frid, who played Barnabas Collins on the Gothic soap opera "Dark ...

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS

Walmart admits that Mexican branch may have used bribes

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

Retail giant Walmart has admitted it is investigating allegations that its managers in Mexico used widespread bribery to secure the company's presence in the country and expand its market share. ...

LOCAL NEWS

New Orleans LE - New website launched by police monitor

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

A new website has been launched for the city's Independent Police Monitor.

LOCAL NEWS

New Orleans LE - Admiral excited to oversee Navy Week

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

Rear Adm. Ann Claire Phillips, who holds a few first in the Navy history, now owns yet another first.

U.S.

Farrakhan speech - Jesus was black, Mary was Egyptian, and brothers ain't shooting no blanks.

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

Louis Farrakhan, leader of the Nation of Islam, has captured attention once again with fresh racist rhetoric. In an inflammatory speech delivered at Jefferson Street Missionary Baptist Church in ...

EUROPE

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to you POPE BENEDICT!

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BENEDICT! Today is Pope Benedict XVI's 85th birthday. Thursday will also mark the seventh anniversary of his election to the papacy.

MUSIC

Bee Gee Robin Gibb in coma, reported near death

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

Bee Gee Robin Gibb is in a coma, after battling pneumonia. His family are keeping a close vigil on the musician, who is reported near death. Gibb is reportedly in a private hospital in London.

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS

US economy, two out of three ain't bad?

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

Claims for jobless benefits are on the rise while the trade deficit has decreased and inflation has remained flat. That's good news for most in two out of three economic reports released by the ...

LOCAL NEWS

Students host farmer's market

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

After planning for many months, Bayou Lacombe Middle School students will be hosting a farmer's market at John Davis Park in Lacombe on Tuesday.

U.S.

The Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter Keeps Busy During Holy Week and Easter

by Randy Sly

"The journey to full communion, for both individuals and groups of the Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter, seems not to be unlike [the journey of Moses and the Chosen People in their journey ...

EUROPE

French politicians cash in votes with Islamophobia

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

As elections draw near in France, the far right is using anti-Islamic hysteria to whip up support. Recently confronted with terrorism, the French people are rallying behind the rhetoric. 

LIVING FAITH

Archbishop Dolan - Obama policy 'intruding into the life of faith.'

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

Cardinal Timothy Dolan boldly stated that Obama's contraception policy is "intruding into the life of faith," during an interview on CBS News' Face The Nation.

CELEBRITY

60 Minutes' Mike Wallace dies at 93

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

"I've often replied, when asked, 'I'll retire when my toes turn up,'" 60 Minutes' fiercely tenacious newsman Mike Wallace once declared. "Well, they're just beginning to curl a little, which ...

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS

Geithner acknowledges runaway federal spending is a problem

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

Treasure Secretary Timothy Geithner is calling the government's long-term fiscal commitments "unsustainable" and is calling for the government to take a balanced approach to addressing the issue. 

LOCAL NEWS

St. Tammany Parish plans events for kids

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

The St. Tammany Parish Commission on Cultural Affairs and the Tammany Trace are giving kids something to do this week while they're on spring break.

U.S.

President Obama Makes Video Vowing to Protect Planned Parenthood

by Jennifer Hartline

Our current President has made his position crystal clear and has demonstrated time and time again that he will always defend Planned Parenthood; he will always defend abortion-on-demand, without ...

AFRICA

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood to field own presidential candidate

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood has announced that it will field its own presidential candidate. The announcement reverses an earlier decision. The ultra-conservative Muslim Brotherhood is already in ...

HOME & FOOD

Antioxidants - Popcorn is good for you!

by Taylor Wilkerson

Popcorn is one of the top guilty food pleasures today and is, for most people, the highlight of going to the movie theater. As soon as the tickets are bought, moviegoers make a bee-line for the ...

MOVIES

OCTOBER BABY: A Box Office Winner is Born

OCTOBER BABY had the third highest per-screen average and closed at No. 8 in the nation for its opening weekend competing against The Hunger Games - one of the most successful Hollywood blockbuster ...

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS

Party's over for tribal casino in Connecticut

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

Times once ran high for the Pequot tribe in Connecticut. Establishing the Foxwoods Casino on their tiny patch of reservation, tribesmen prospered, many earning an annual income of $100,000. This ...

LOCAL NEWS

2011 tourism in New Orleans breaks record

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

Mayor Mitch Landrieu, along with tourism officials, announced that the 8.75 million tourists who went to New Orleans last year spent $5.47 billion, a new record.

U.S.

A happy story of redemption - Modern Jean Valjean has day in court

by Marshall Connolly (Catholic Online)

A California judge has sentenced a man who fired two shots at police officers to one year in county jail and probation; this after the man skipped bail and fled to Africa. Prosecutors had asked for a ...

EUROPE

Spanish teenager who tried to flee prostitution marked with degrading 'barcode' tattoo

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

Prostitution is the degrading practice of a human being offering sexual services for money. Many young women and girls with no place to go around the world are often forced into prostitution in ...

LIVING FAITH

Catholic Online iReport - Allentown, PA rallies for Religious Freedom

by Carolee Gifford (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

"It's terrible! It has to be rescinded!" said Sister Josanne Huber, M.S.C., commenting on the healthcare mandate thousands and thousands protested at noon, Friday, at federal buildings all over ...

U.S.

Muslim 'marriage manual' offers tips on wife beating

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

A book entitled "A Gift for the Muslim Couple" is a purported marriage manual that offers helpful advice on wife beating. Within the book's opening pages, there is a passage that reads that "it ...

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS

Dartmouth president named as surprise choice to lead World Bank

by Greg Goodsell

United States President Barack Obama has named the president of Dartmouth College, Jim Yong Kim as its nominee to lead the World Bank. Kim has now become the frontrunner to lead the multinational ...

LOCAL NEWS

New Orleans named tech-town

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

The Wall Street Journal has examined New Orleans' booming business in an article headlined: "The Big Easy's Business Leap Forward; New Orleans has been reborn as a tech town. Really."

U.S.

United for Religious Freedom: US Bishops Unified Statement

by Catholic Online

Most importantly of all, we call upon the Catholic faithful, and all people of faith, throughout our country to join us in prayer and penance for our leaders and for the complete protection of our ...

EUROPE

Gun used in French school shooting was used in previous attacks

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

The gun used to kill four people at the Ozar Hatorah School in Toulouse, France was used previously in attacks against French paratroopers last week, authorities say. The gunman opened fire upon ...

AMERICAS

Bishop Gerald Kicanas on the Papal Visit - Reaching out to our Cuban Neighbors

by Bishop Gerald Kicanas, Chair, Catholic Relief Services’ Board of Directors

Later this month, I have the privilege of traveling with several other brother bishops from the United States to join our Holy Father on his visit to Cuba. Pope Benedict XVI follows in the footsteps ...

U.S.

Book Review: 'Indivisible' is a Book for Our Time and A Call to Christian Collaboration

by Randy Sly

"I read this book from cover to cover, in one sitting, in awe of what God was up to in these pages. INDIVISIBLE builds a sure bridge of faith and reason over which our country can walk, from our ...

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS

UPS to buy TNT Express for $6.8 billion

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

United Parcel Service or UPS has reached a deal which would allow it to buy Dutch logistics company TNT Express for around 5.2 billion euro, or $6.8 billion. UPS will pay 9.5 euros, or $12.5 per ...

LOCAL NEWS

AIA New Orleans 2012 Design Awards has a new theme this year

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

The annual Design Awards program is being held on Thursday, March 15, hosted by AIA New Orleans.

U.S.

Anti-Christian Attacks Continue: More Mindless Hate Mongering in the Media

by Michael Terheyden

According to Larry Doyle of The Huffington Post, the Catholic Church conducts barbaric rituals; its priests wear black robes and cast spells; its devotees eat Jesus meat in a cannibalistic ...

ASIA PACIFIC

U.S. soldier goes on shooting spree, kills 16 Afghans

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

Sixteen Afghan civilians have been shot dead in their homes by a US soldier in a pre-dawn attack. The victims include three women and nine children. Afghan President Hamid Karzai has vociferously ...

HOME & FOOD

The disgusting product you're inadvertently feeding your kids

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

Kids who turn their noses up at the school lunch may actually have a good reason why. Despite every assurance that school lunches are as nutritious and healthy as possible for our kids, school ...

MOVIES

Filmmakers of the world turn their camera towards the Arab Spring

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

Journalists of the world have all risen to the challenge to document a way of life in a part of the world that is being irrevocably changed. While some feel the Arab Spring has turned into a ...

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS

More and more U.S. church buildings being foreclosed upon

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

Banks are now foreclosing on more and more U.S. churches in record numbers. Lenders are increasingly losing patience with religious facilities that have defaulted on their mortgages. The recent ...

LOCAL NEWS

Famous author to appear tonight

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

The author of Freedom and The Corrections, Jonathan Franzen will be appearing at Tulane's McAlister Auditorium tonight to read to the public.

U.S.

The high stakes of the Obama Netanyahu talks

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

The near-term fate of Iran's nuclear sites may hang on the results of talks taking place now at the White House. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is meeting with President Barack Obama as ...

ASIA PACIFIC

Suicides among young females epidemic in Kashmir

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

Suicide rates in Kashmir were negligible before the insurgency of 1989. Since then, there has been a very noticeable uptick in suicides in the past 21 years. Researchers at Kashmir's sole ...

LIVING FAITH

Catholic Social Doctrine: A Reflection on the Kingdom of God and His Christ

by Andrew M. Greenwell, Esq.

The Kingdom of God is a strange kingdom whose king finds his earthly manifestation not on a throne, with gold crown, and lush raiment.  What kind of king is it ...

MOVIES

Filmmakers of the world turn their camera towards the Arab Spring

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

Journalists of the world have all risen to the challenge to document a way of life in a part of the world that is being irrevocably changed. While some feel the Arab Spring has turned into a ...

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS

One in four homes was in foreclosure, RealtyTrac says

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

As a reminder of the bleak U.S. housing market, RealtyTrac reports that homes in some stage of foreclosure accounted for nearly one in four homes sales during the fourth quarter.

LOCAL NEWS

City Council to hear report on telecommunications legal case

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

This afternoon, the New Orleans City Council's Cable, Telecommunications, and Technology Committee will meet.

U.S.

What's Really Despicable? Rick Ungar, Obamacare, and Rick Santorum

by Jennifer Hartline

Last week Forbes' contributor Rick Ungar indignantly labeled Rick Santorum a "despicable human being" for saying that Obamacare will result in rationed care based on usefulness and not on the dignity ...

MIDDLE EAST

Syrian activist tells NBC News of torture, deprivation

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

In a harrowing interview with NBC News, an anti-Syrian government activist told of the weeks he spent in torture chamber. A merchant from Jisr al-Shughour in Syria's northern Idlib, 25-year-old ...

MARRIAGE & FAMILY

Homosexual and Lesbian Relationships as Marriage in Maryland?

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

Homosexual and Lesbian unions are on the road to being given the legal equivalency of marriage in the State of Maryland after the legislature gave its final approval to a bill. It ...

MOVIES

ACT OF VALOR - The Directors Speak Out

by Mike Parker

What went into creating the newly release film, "Act of Valor?" Veteran writer and film critic Mike Parker talks with the movie's co-directors Mike "Mouse" McCoy and Scott Waugh.

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS

Apple tops in retail per square foot

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

According to research company RetailSails, Apple is head and shoulders above all other physical, brick-and-mortar stores - per square feet. The company judges the health of a store is annual ...

LOCAL NEWS

Parades take over New Orleans

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

Across the Gulf Coast, Mardi Gras was getting into full party mode.

U.S.

'American Humanist Association' sets up scholarship fund for atheist student

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

A high school student who voiced her opposition to a banner at her Rhode Island high school now has a Web site dedicated to raising money for her college. Sixteen-year-old Jessica Ahlquist said ...

AFRICA

HIV diagnosis for infants to be made available in rural Kenya

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

Students at Kenya's Strathmore University since 2001 have been developing and refining software for infant HIV diagnosis. The software has been implemented in 75 health center in the must rural ...

HOME & FOOD

Overweight and unhappy? Here's a good reason why...

by Marshall Connolly (Catholic Online)

One in five American breakfasts now come from McDonald's. Half of all meals are eaten outside of the home, and nearly all family meals are consumed with each member of the household eating a ...

MUSIC

Paul McCartney gets star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

All things come to those who wait. Paul McCartney, one of two surviving members of the Fab Four has finally been blessed with his own star along the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Several hundred ...

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS

General Motors reports record profits, but much work remains to be done

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

General Motors posted flat fourth-quarter income this week but still managed to haul in $7.6 billion worth in profits last year, up 62 percent from the prior year. The fourth quarter is the ...

U.S.

I Choose No Contraception, so Why am I Paying For It? This is Really a Mandate Against Life

by Jennifer Hartline

Caring for a pregnant woman is expensive.  Caring for children is even more expensive.  Preventing their existence is cheap.  Destroying them in the womb is a money-saving act in the ...

AMERICAS

Mystery illness killing thousands of Latin Americans, spreading fast

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

A silent, mysterious killer that has already claimed tens of thousands of lives in the past decade is stalking the manual laborers of Central America. At least one in four Central American men are ...

MARRIAGE & FAMILY

Abp. Dolan: Obama needs to 'back out of intruding into the internal life of a church'

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

Cardinal-designate Timothy Dolan came to the South Bronx to bless a library. He offered no blessings for President Barack Obama, who wants Catholic institutions to pay for birth control, the ...

MUSIC

Paul McCartney gets star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

All things come to those who wait. Paul McCartney, one of two surviving members of the Fab Four has finally been blessed with his own star along the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Several hundred ...

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS

49 states accept $25 billion foreclosure-abuse settlement

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

Forty-nine states have accepted a $25 billion foreclosure-abuse settlement with the five largest mortgage lenders. While coming as welcome news to many, primarily those "underwater" in their ...

LOCAL NEWS

Red Umbrella March for HIV/AIDS awareness

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

Nearly 7,000 people in New Orleans alone are infected with HIV/AIDS, 60 percent of those people are black. Louisiana, as a state, has the fifth highest rate of AIDS cases in the U.S.

U.S.

Archbishop to U.S. Troops: Obamacare Reg 'Is a Blow to Freedom'

by Terence P. Jeffrey

Archbishop Timothy Broglio, who leads the Roman Catholic Archdiocese for the Military Services,

MIDDLE EAST

Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei calls for destruction of Israel, Jews

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is calling for the death of all Jews and the destruction of Israel.  On the Web site, called Alef, Khamenei says the opportunity must not be lost to ...

LIVING FAITH

The Happy Priest: Jesus Gives Meaning to Human Suffering

by Fr. James Farfaglia

Jesus does not take away human suffering; rather he transforms it and gives it new meaning. In his book Compassion, Henri Nouwen, no stranger to sorrow and pain,  expresses this idea with ...

MOVIES

Emilio Estevez Talks About 'The Way,' Being Released on DVD February 21

by Randy Sly

"The Way" continues to attract national media attention as the powerful film moves toward its Feb. 21 release on DVD. We were able to talk with Emilio Estevez about the film and his thoughts ...

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS

General Motors back on track to making over $10 billion annually

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

Three short years after General Motors drove into government-run bankruptcy that required a massive taxpayer-funded bailout to keep it in business, General Motors says it's back on track to ...

LOCAL NEWS

Diabetes awareness via texting

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

Texting is not only used to communicate with one another, but now it can be used to help people learn their risk of developing diabetes and how to prevent getting the disease. There is a new diabetes ...

U.S.

U.S. deficit falls slightly - but still far too high

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

It's slightly lower than last year - but still far too high. A new budget report this week predicts the U.S. government will run a $1.1 trillion deficit in the fiscal year that ends this ...

ASIA PACIFIC

Women come forward to protest genital mutilation in Muslim sect

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

The mutilation of female genitals in order to curb sexual appetites is a barbaric practice typically performed in rural tribes in Africa and the Middle East/ Members of the Dawoodi Bohras sect, ...

LIVING FAITH

Atheist teen stands behind her position after school prayer banner taken down

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

A prayer banner at Cranston High School West in Rhode Island, part of the school since 1963, has been covered after a teenage student there complained that it violated the separation of church and ...

TV

Actresses from 'The Help' Take Top Honors at SAG

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

"The Help," a drama about two maids in Mississippi during the civil rights era stood out in 2011 in an American movie market glutted with 3-D and computer generated imagery. "The Help" took top ...

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS

2011: Ford's second most profitable year in history

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

In a year of economic downturn and disappointments, Ford reported its second greatest year in its 109-year-old history. It didn't top its earnings that were recorded in 1998. However, a net ...

LOCAL NEWS

New Orleans is national jobs leader

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

Great news for New Orleans! The metropolitan area leads the nation in job creation, adding 10,900 jobs between September 2009 and September 2010, more than any other city in the US.

U.S.

HHS Withholds Grant from Bishops Because Church Opposes Abortion

by Pete Winn

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has refused to renew a $2.5-million grant to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops to help human trafficking victims, and the USCCB believes ...

U.S.

'Catholic Answers' Takes Internal Revenue Service to the U.S. Supreme Court

by Deacon Keith Fournier

Not only did the federal courts in this case misapply Supreme Court law, they have allowed the IRS to engage in trickery by penalizing nonprofits who exercise their right to speak, only to return the ...

HEALTH

Got hypertension? Better read this before bed

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

A new study has found that changing the time when you take your blood pressure meds could significantly reduce your risk of heart attack and stroke.

LOCAL NEWS

300 protesters initiate "Occupy New Orleans"

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

Over 300 New Orleans residents unhappy with the current economic and political climate marched  this morning down Tulane, Avenue, carrying signs and chanting in support of the "Occupy Wall ...

U.S.

Half of post-9/11 veterans say use of force to fight terrorism only breeds more terrorism

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

The U.S. wars in both Afghanistan and Iraq have dragged on for 10 years. Despite current presidential promises that troops will be shortly withdrawn, a Pew Research Poll finds that many of those who ...

U.S.

Labor unions to join Occupy Wall Street

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

Multiple labor unions have endorsed the two-week old Occupy Wall Street movement and plan to join the protesters in New York on Wednesday.

HEALTH

On the bright side: Less drinking money, less DUIs

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

Here's a new way at looking at things. There's little good to be had with the U.S. economic downturn - with the exception that with less discretionary money, far fewer people are getting drunk ...

LOCAL NEWS

Archbishop Hannan to be remembered this week

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

Retired archbishop Philip M. Hannan, a confidant of President John F. Kennedy and a leader of the Roman Catholic archdiocese of New Orleans for over 20 years passed away on Thursday in a hospice.

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS

Bank of America has declared war--on America

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

Bank of America has lost money from a cap on fees that they can charge retailers. Now they're coming after you to make up the difference.

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS

Jobless claims fall - but U.S. not out of the woods yet

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

There was a substantial drop-off in jobless claims in the U.S. last week -- claims tumbled to 391,000, down 37,000 from a revised 428,000 in the previous week and below the key 400,000 mark. ...

HEALTH

Diabetes linked to dementia, costs everyone 1k per year

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

If you're diabetic, you now have one more thing to worry about. A new study finds that people with diabetes may be at an increased risk of developing dementia. 

HEALTH

Singer Barry Manilow listens to his heart - and saves his life

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

As a singer and songwriter, Barry Manilow knows when to listen to his heart. That played an important part in him seeking medical help. Diagnosed with the heart malady, atrial fibrillation, of ...

LOCAL NEWS

Naval Support Activity in Algiers closed

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

After more than a century in service, the U.S. Navy closed the Naval Support Activity in Algiers today. The facility was closed precisely at noon, as part of a 2005 plan to shutter military ...

LOCAL NEWS

USPS may close downtown distribution center

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) announced Thursday that it may consolidate its downtown mail distribution center with one in Baton Rouge. The downtown facility currently employs 880 people.

LOCAL NEWS

Report: BP responsible for spill

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

A federal report released Wednesday places ultimate responsibility for the Gulf Oil Spill with British petroleum (BP). 

LOCAL NEWS

Superdome gets super cleaned

by Sports, New Orleans, Superdome, cleaning

The Superdome is getting cleaned up in advance of the home opener against the Chicago Bears on Sunday. 

LIVING FAITH

Fr. Dwight Longenecker Examines Contraception and the Vocations Crisis

by Fr Dwight Longenecker

It was within this context of family life that a girls' vocation to the religious life or a boys vocation to religious life or priesthood would have been formed. The young person therefore did not ...

EUROPE

Have astronomers discovered another Earth?

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

European scientists searching for exoplanets say they have discovered the smallest and most Earth-like planet yet. Such a planet they say, may harbor life.

LOCAL NEWS

Board approves 1.1 billion plan for new hospital

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

The board responsible for the development of a new public hospital in New Orleans has approved a $1.1 billion business plan that will lead to the construction of a 424 bed hospital. The new facility ...

LOCAL NEWS

New Orleans begins work on NASA space capsule.

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

A facility in New Orleans has completed the first weld on NASA's next generation spacecraft.

LOCAL NEWS

Jindal backs Perry

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

Governor Bobby Jindal has backed Texas Governor Rick Perry for president. Jindal endorsed Perry calling him, "the candidate who can lead our party to victory in 2012." 

U.S.

Obama jobs plan likely DOA

by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

President Obama unveiled his proposal to pay for his ambitious jobs plan which he announced in a major speech last Thursday. Republicans are criticizing the plan as a tax on job creators and appear ...