WOUNDED BIRD

Why Lincoln Laughed: Basically a melancholy man, he was not humor's slave, and could therefore bend it to his own uses and make it a...

State Rep. John Bel Edwards beat Republican U.S. Sen. David Vitter in Saturday's election , marking a change in the political landsc...

Louisiana Tech University hosted a debate among the four major candidates for governor Thursday night — one of the few televised deba...

Looks sort of official with the state seal and all, but if you read the fine print, you see the guide is from Louisiana Family Forum. ...

When Republican Rodney Alexander resigned from Congress a few months ago, there wasn’t any real doubt that his Louisiana district would...

To the left, the cardinals are shown processing into the mass in St Peter's Basilica this morning before gathering in the Sistine Chape...

Garry Wills in the New York Times: Wistful Catholics hope that on this and other matters of disagreement between the church as People o...

An acquaintance just called for my husband who is not home right now, and I gave him the number where Grandpère can be reached.  Caller:...

From Episcopal News Service : The Rev. A. Robert Hirschfeld was elected on May 19 as bishop coadjutor of the Episcopal Diocese of New Ha...

From the National Catholic Reporter : The sacking of William Morris as bishop of the Australian diocese of Toowoomba raises more than a few ...

At this time the diocese is voting to elect their new bishop. You can following the voting at the diocesan website . The electors complete...