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Opinion: Is There a White Flag Over New Orleans? by Michael J. Mazza – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

Opinion: Is There a White Flag Over New Orleans? by Michael J. Mazza

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By Michael J. Mazza, Catholic World Report, Aug. 11, 2025

Michael J. Mazza, J.D., J.C.D., is an independent canon and civil lawyer in the United States. He is an adjunct professor at the Marquette University Law School in Milwaukee and at the Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology in Hales Corners, Wisconsin. In addition to representing accused priests, he also assists dioceses and religious orders in the proper application of canon law. He can be reached at canonicaladvocacy.com.

Promises made by the Archdiocese of New Orleans in recent bankruptcy documents are cause for grave concern.

On January 8, 1815, General Andrew Jackson led his American troops to an unlikely victory over the British in the famous Battle of New Orleans. Two weeks later, General Jackson joined thousands of others at a Mass of Thanksgiving held at the city’s Cathedral in the French Quarter. Jackson is reported to have paid a special visit to the nearby Ursuline sisters, thanking them for their prayers during the battle, and for tending the wounded (of both sides) afterwards.

In the wake of a startling court filing made in mid-July, it is fair to ask whether the intrepid spirit of the Ursuline nuns died with them. Based on a recent court filing in its bankruptcy proceedings, it seems clear that the Archdiocese of New Orleans has decided to go down without much of a fight. …

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