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  • Facts & Stories

    Gluten Sensitivity and Communion in the Catholic Church

    Alex Catti(July 13, 2017)
    Rumors have been circulating that the Catholic Church has decided to disregard the health of some of its parishioners. The subject of this chatter concerns those who have Celiac Disease or other types of gluten sensitivities. However, the Catholic Church is not inadvertently prohibiting its members with Celiac Disease from receiving communion. In fact, the Church even offers a couple of substitute options for those who are not able to consume gluten.
  • Life & People

    Sicilian Flair in New Orleans: St. Joseph’s Day!

    Alex Catti(March 15, 2017)
    March 19th marks a significant day for both Catholics and non-Catholic in New Orleans. It is the feast of St. Joseph–a patron saint of Sicily who helped provide relief to the Sicilian people during a famine. NOLA residents certainly do not miss out on their chance to celebrate the saint.
  • Facts & Stories

    Thinking of the Next Pope: the Red Biretta Goes to Timothy M. Dolan

    N. L.(February 20, 2012)
    New York's Archbishop was one of 22 Catholic churchmen who became Cardinals in a ceremony held in Rome by Pope Benedict XVI. Traditionally Americans are ruled out as papal contenders, with the argument that the world doesn't need a superpower pope. There actually is another American as well, Cardinal Edwin O'Brien.