Jeanie Hannaman

By CatholicVote - “Our prayers go out to those killed and injured in this morning’s horrific attack on Bourbon Street. This violent act is a sign of utter disrespect for human life,” Archbishop Aymond stated. “I join with others in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans in offering prayerful support to the victims’ families. I give thanks for the heroic duty of hundreds of law enforcement and medical personnel in the face of such evil.”

By Joseph Pronechen, National Catholic Register - Yet the bishop who had gained the attention of audiences worldwide with his preaching was as magnetic as ever, reminding the president and everyone that our rights of assembly, free speech and more are not from Congress or the courts, but, as the Founding Fathers acknowledged in the “second paragraph of the Declaration of Independence, that it is self-evident that all men are created equal, and that the Creator has endowed man with certain inalienable rights, among which are the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The Creator has given us those rights; therefore, they are inalienable. … And if we are to keep our rights, we must also keep our God.