Leading US Catholic philanthropist Gayle Benson is a pillar of her New Orleans community. Amanda Bowman and William Cash ask her about faith, football and her pact with God.
The second week in April is known in Rome as “America week”. That’s because many American cardinals – not to mention a cohort of US Catholic leaders and philanthropists – descend upon the Eternal City for the annual Rector’s Dinner of the Pontifical North American College ( NAC). Located on the site of the former Villa Gabrielli, a noble Roman garden estate on the Janiculum Hill with panoramic views of St Peter’s, today it is the campus of America’s seminary in Rome.














