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“When he came to the balcony, I looked up, and I was like, ‘That dude looks like he could be my brother,’” said Ricard, a New Orleans Catholic priest with a Creole background. “And that ...

Back row: Yusif, Aaron, Abdul, Lewis, Archie, Declan, and Christopher. Front row: Thomas, Alexander, Joel, Oscar, Elizabeth, Bethany, Paige, and Faith. Twenty ...