Louisiana Catholic Conference

Louisiana State Capitol

THE 2009
REGULAR SESSIONOF THE LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE
WILL MEET MONDAY, APRIL 27
TO THURSDAY, JUNE 25.

SEELEGISLATIVE
UPDATE, VOL. 1

The Bishops of Louisiana
have revised and reissued the pastoral
APPROACHING DEATH:
The Moral Choices
with a
Health Care
Advanced Directive for Catholics

From the United States Conference
of Catholic Bishops
(USCCB)
FORMING CONSCIENCES
FOR FAITHFUL CITIZENSHIP:
A Call to Political Responsibility
from the Catholic Bishops
of the United States

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ARCHBISHOP OF NEW ORLEANS
ISSUES RACIAL HARMONY STATEMENT

Fifty years ago Archbishop Joseph Rummel of New Orleans issued a landmark pastoral letter in which he declared racial segregation to be "morally wrong and sinful."
On the 50th anniversary of the letter, Archbishop Alfred C. Hughes of New Orleans said, "We still face unaddressed issues in our midst," and announced a new pastoral letter on racial harmony entitled Made in the Image and Likeness of God. The letter provides a reflective analysis of the Church's teaching and concrete proposals for a plan of action. He said, "Katrina has exposed the sad realities which not only entrap those (racial and ethnic minorities) caught in the web of poverty, illiteracy, illegal drugs and violence, but paralyze us all."