New Orleans
Southern Baptists rid themselves of women pastors, their latest self-inflicted wound
‘Community Lighthouses’ powered by the sun and volunteers
FBI opens sweeping probe of clergy sex abuse in New Orleans
New film offers a portrait of New Orleans, told through its unique jazz funerals
Louisiana Catholics pitch in as cleanup from Hurricane Ida continues
From Katrina to COVID, American crises expose racial injustice again and again
Jason Berry’s spiritual counter-narrative
Holocaust, climate change — when did we know, what did we do?
10 US mayors join Pope Francis in pledging to combat climate change, trafficking
COMMENTARY: After Hurricane Katrina, two congregations take a chance
For some converts, Ramadan is the loneliest time of year
Jews push back against Scouts over policy banning gays
NEW ORLEANS (RNS) For nearly a decade, hundreds of Boy Scouts have learned the virtues of the Ten Commandments on an annual hike to local churches, synagogues and mosques. But this year, Touro Synagogue says it's no longer willing to take part because the Scouts deny membership to gay troop leaders and gay adolescent Scouts. By Bruce Nolan.
Judge blocks New Orleans law that prevents preaching in French Quarter
NEW ORLEANS (RNS) A federal judge has temporarily blocked enforcement of a city law that was recently used to arrest Christian evangelists who were preaching on Bourbon Street during Southern Decadence, the annual celebration of gay culture in the French Quarter. By Bruce Nolan.
Preachers arrested during New Orleans gay pride party plan to sue for right to protest
NEW ORLEANS (RNS) Nine preachers who were arrested after they allegedly yelled slurs during a gay pride festival plan to sue the city over an ordinance that bans "aggressive solicitation" in the city's storied French Quarter. By Katherine Fretland.
Seven years after Katrina, New Orleans Jews wander no more
NEW ORLEANS (RNS) Three days before the seventh anniversary of Hurricane Katrina that flooded their synagogue and two days before Hurricane Isaac hit landfall in Louisiana, the wandering Jews of Congregation Beth Israel are finally home. By Bruce Nolan.
