CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (CNS) – After reviewing his trip to Madrid for World Youth Day, Pope Benedict XVI announced the themes he has chosen to guide the reflections of young Catholics next year on a diocesan level and in Rio de Janeiro in 2013. The 2012 theme will be, “Rejoice in the Lord Always.” The […]
Month: September 2011
Disdain for Religion Hurts Church’s Message
WASHINGTON (CNS) – “Increasing attempts to expunge God and religious discourse from public life” are contributing to a growing disrespect for the unique status of human beings, Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo said in a message for Respect Life Month in October. Tthe archbishop of Galveston-Houston and chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities […]
100 Years of St. Gregory’s – St. Gregory the Great School Bridges Crown Heights, Flatbush
by Marie Elena Giossi This fall, St. Gregory the Great School, Crown Heights, is celebrating its 100th anniversary of providing a quality Catholic education to the more than 10,000 boys and girls who have walked through its doors. “Our mission is to strive to create a rich educational and spiritual environment within which our students […]
Recent Executions Assailed By Church-Related Groups
WASHINGTON (CNS) – Catholics and other groups mourned the recent executions of Troy Davis in Georgia and of Lawrence Brewer in Texas. Davis, 42, was put to death for his conviction in the 1989 murder of off-duty Savannah, Ga., police officer Mark MacPhail. Brewer, 44, an admitted white supremacist, was executed for his role in […]
Ten Commandments Will Guide President
by Mwansa Pintu Newly elected Zambian President Michael Sata, right, holds a Bible as he is sworn in at the supreme court in the capital, Lusaka, Sept. 23. Sata is Zambia’s first elected Catholic president. LUSAKA, Zambia (CNS) — Zambia’s first elected Catholic president told members of his parish he will base his rule […]
Fr. Massa to Coordinate Seminary Partnership
The Archdiocese of New York, the Diocese of Brooklyn and the Diocese of Rockville Centre, has announced the formalization of a new initiative of inter-diocesan partnership to share personnel resources and facilities to prepare future and present clergy, as well as other Catholic leaders, for various kinds of service in the spirit of the New […]
Parish Anniversary in S. Ozone Park
St. Teresa of Avila parish, South Ozone Park, will observe the 82nd anniversary of its founding with a multi-lingual Mass on Saturday, Oct. 15, at 5 p.m. Msgr. Paul Sanchez, Episcopal Vicar for Queens, will be the main celebrant. Following the liturgy there will be a fund-raising dinner-dance with theme, “A Night at the Opera.” […]
In New Book, Branca Talks of Faith, Family
Many people think of the American Revolution’s Battle of Lexington and Concord when they hear the “Shot Heard ’Round the World.” However, for baseball fans, the phrase takes on a completely different meaning. It refers to New York Giants’ outfielder Bobby Thomson’s three-run home run off Ralph Branca of the Brooklyn Dodgers to win the […]
Liquid-Nitrogen Orphanages
A recent news report chronicled a Chinese woman named Huang Yijun. Sixty years ago, her unborn child died, but the pregnancy was never expelled from her body. Instead, her baby’s body slowly began to calcify inside her, becoming a crystallized, stone-like mass. Such stone babies (known as lithopedions) are extremely rare. When Huang was 92, […]
Genuine Love Is Peek into Paradise
by Father Frank Mann Imagine: you are a young boy and your father threatens to kill you during a violent rampage at home. He strips you naked, beats you with a spatula and burns both of your hands on a hot stove. With your skin freshly peeling from your hands, your dad proceeds to relentlessly […]