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LaBorde's Catholicism

The LaBordes were members of St. Frances Cabrini Catholic Church in Alexandria. LaBorde and his close friend, Alexandria Bishop Charles Pasquale Greco (1894–1987), were active in the Knights of Columbus. Bishop Greco hosted an annual party for Town Talk staffers. The first native of Mississippi to be a Catholic bishop, Greco wrote With God's Help, memoirs published posthumously by the Knights of Columbus. LaBorde worked on the Catholic newspaper for the bishop, recalls his daughter Joyce. LaBorde was a fourth degree Knights of Columbus and held the St. Gregory distinction. When Roe v. Wade was issued by the U.S. Supreme Court on January 22, 1973, LaBorde strongly objected and opposed abortion for the remainder of his life.

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