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Carrying Pope Paul VI’s pastoral staff and wearing the blood-stained belt of Archbishop Oscar Romero of San Salvador, Pope Francis formally recognized them, and five others, as saints of the Catholic Church.
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By CINDY WOODEN
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10/15/18
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In the wake of Hurricane Michael, which ravaged the Florida panhandle, the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee, whose territory was smack in the path of the Category 4 storm, has moved from prayer to action.
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10/15/18
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The Catholic Church must find a way to look at secularization as an opportunity to find new ways to proclaim the Gospel, the Jesuit superior general told the Synod of Bishops.
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By JUNNO AROCHO ESTEVES
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10/12/18
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Champagne corks popped in the visiting clubhouse Oct. 7 as the Milwaukee Brewers celebrated their sweep of the Colorado Rockies, advancing to the National League Championship Series.
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By MARYANGELA ROMAN
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10/12/18
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His voice, his outstretched hands, his boarding an airplane to meet the world—those are some of the most striking things about Blessed Paul VI that moved and inspired a young man discerning the priesthood
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By CAROL GLATZ
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10/12/18
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The U.S. Supreme Court, no stranger to death penalty cases, is looking very narrowly at two aspects of capital punishment this term: if an inmate with dementia should be executed if he has no memory of the crime he committed three decades ago and if a death-row prisoner with a specific health problem can be executed by a less painful manner because of his condition.
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By CAROL ZIMMERMANN
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10/11/18
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A few months ago, I was at a gathering with brother priests and one of the young men helping at the dinner approached me when he heard that I am the vocation director …
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By FATHER CHRISTOPHER ARGANO
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10/10/18
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St. Ignatius Loyola School in Manhattan has been named—for the second time—a National Blue Ribbon School, and the elated principal, Mary E. Larkin, said the secret to the school’s success is …
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By ARMANDO MACHADO
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10/10/18
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Apanel at “Alfred E. Smith: The Man Behind the Dinner” at the Sheen Center for Thought and Culture in lower Manhattan Oct. 1 discussed the life of the first Catholic governor of New York who …
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By DAN PIETRAFESA
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10/10/18
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Jose Puello knew he wanted to be a cop from the time he was a young boy. Today, at age 41, Puello can look back at 19 years with the NYPD. And last year, the native New Yorker made lieutenant. …
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By ARMANDO MACHADO
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10/10/18
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For the third time, pilgrims from the Archdiocese of New York, this time 300 of them, traveled along with Cardinal Dolan to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., Oct. 6. In Mary’s House, there are more than 70 chapels and oratories relating to the Blessed Mother and peoples from around the world.
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10/10/18
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More than 700 catechists, catechetical leaders and youth ministers from parishes in the archdiocese attended workshops and came together for Mass and communal prayer at the annual archdiocesan Forum …
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By SOCRATES PALMER Jr.
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10/10/18
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Sofian Massoud is not a fan of the New York Giants, but the quarterback at Cardinal Hayes High School quickly recognized who was strolling toward football practice Oct. 2.
“We definitely …
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By DAN PIETRAFESA
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10/10/18
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The Dominican Sisters of Hope have agreed to a conservation easement that will preserve 34 of their 61 acres of land along the Hudson River in Ossining from future development.
The sisters made …
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By DAN PIETRAFESA
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10/10/18
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New York Catholic Youth Day, an annual celebration for high school students in the archdiocese, will take place Saturday, Oct. 20, at the Westchester County Center in White Plains.Doors will open at …
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10/10/18
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A Mass of thanksgiving was offered for the Dominican Sisters of Sparkill as they marked 60 years of ministry in Pakistan. The liturgical gathering occurred Sept. 15 in Our Lady of the Rosary Chapel …
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10/10/18
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Cardinal Dolan will be the principal celebrant and homilist at the 10:15 a.m. Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral on World Mission Sunday, Oct. 21. Missionary priests and representatives from mission …
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10/10/18
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10/10/18
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The Catholic Charismatic Renewal Upper Counties Conference was held Sept. 29 at the Capuchin Youth and Families Ministries in Garrison. About 165 people attended the daylong conference, which was organized by the archdiocesan Catholic Renewal Service Team. The theme was “Lord, Deliver Me.”
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10/10/18
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The Archdiocese of New York is providing funds to Church organizations to assist those who have suffered in the natural disasters that have recently hit nations across the globe as well as Puerto …
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By JOHN WOODS
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10/10/18
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