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For several decades, Xavier University of Louisiana has been home to one of the country’s most extensive collections of Black history artifacts.

Ansel Augustine reflects on the Sunday Mass gospel reading for April 30, 2023 (Year A), the fourth Sunday of Easter: How can we be church in the world?

Bishop Fernand (Ferd) Joseph Cheri III, a New Orleans native who had served since 2015 as auxiliary bishop of New Orleans, died March 21 at Chateau de Notre Dame in New Orleans following a lengthy illness. He was 71.

Photo by Jon Tyson on Unsplash Sometimes I just want to scream. When confronting the frustrations of American life Marvin Gaye used to sing, “Makes me wanna holler, throw up both my hands.” Do you ever feel that way? That at some moment in time, in some place in which you are situated, everything just overwhelms you? You lift your head toward heaven, you just open up your arms and, from the depths of your being, you let out a full-throated wail. I just want to scream today, and I wanted to scream yesterday and the day before that. I am 6 foot 4 inches tall. I am nearly 70 years old. I ...