RNS CONGRESS CATHOLIC

(RNS) New Orleans clergy lay hands on and pray for Bobby Jindal as he ran for governor of Louisiana in 2003. Though he lost that race, he became the nation’s first Indian-American governor in 2006. South Carolina’s Nikki Haley is poised to join him as the second. RNS file photo by Ted Jackson.

(RNS) New Orleans clergy lay hands on and pray for Bobby Jindal as he ran for governor of Louisiana in 2003. Though he lost that race, he became the nation’s first Indian-American governor in 2006. South Carolina’s Nikki Haley is poised to join him as the second. RNS file photo by Ted Jackson.

RNS CONGRESS CATHOLIC

(RNS) New Orleans clergy lay hands on and pray for Bobby Jindal as he ran for governor of Louisiana in 2003. Though he lost that race, he became the nation’s first Indian-American governor in 2006. South Carolina’s Nikki Haley is poised to join him as the second. RNS file photo by Ted Jackson.