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Catholic officials are worried about declining enrollment at Catholic schools in New Orleans and nationwide, including Our Lady of Divine Providence School in Metairie, La. RNS photo by Brett Duke/The Times-Picayune

(RNS) Catholic officials are worried about declining enrollment at Catholic schools in New Orleans and nationwide, including Our Lady of Divine Providence School in Metairie, La. RNS photo by Brett Duke/The Times-Picayune.
Catholic school enrollment is declining in the New Orleans area, following a national trend.

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(RNS2-SEPT19) Arthur Williams, 14, lives at a Boys Hope home in Baltimore and attends a new
Jesuit Cristo Rey High School. He crosses the street on his way to school. For use with RNS-
CATHOLIC-SCHOOLS, transmitted Sept. 19, 2007. Religion News Service photo by Dennis
Drenner.