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The Archdiocese of New Orleans will pay more than $1 million, in a settlement related to allegations of fraud, in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. The Department of Justice received allegations that the archdiocese, and two historically black universities, improperly applied for, and received, millions of dollars in federal funds after Hurricane Katrina. The archdiocese declined to comment about the settlement, but has in the past denied any wrongdoing.
A district court judge in Rhode Island entered “no plea” this week on behalf of Father James Jackson, FSSP. The Providence-based priest is facing state and federal child pornography charges.
Some 200 men and boys from across the United States met in Baltimore this week for a pro-life march. The march began in front of a Planned Parenthood abortion clinic, and ended outside the hotel where U-S bishops are meeting this week. The bishops are slated to vote on a document on the Eucharist. The document grew out of discussions over communion for pro-abortion Catholic politicians, though a draft of the document does not include any criteria for denying the sacrament in such cases.
Today, the Church celebrates the feast of the first modern medical doctor to be canonized, Saint Joseph Moscati.