With 40,000 homes damaged, Louisiana could be looking at its biggest housing crunch since the miserable, bumbling aftermath of Hurricane Katrina a decade ago.

The image of the stunned and weary-looking boy, covered in dust and with blood on his face, encapsulates the horrors inflicted on the war-ravaged northern city.

Religious congregations in the 19th century had a test for accepting black women: They could join, if they could "pass for white."

“We are certainly not saving the world with these initiatives, we are not solving the problems of the homeless in Rome, but at least we are giving them back a little dignity."

"We are keeping a brave face on it, but the truth is that the very thing that makes the conference possible is disappearing."

"Where Mother pushed the Missionaries of Charity was to the edge, to the most difficult places...all the time, everywhere."