by Marie Elena Giossi “Three cheers for Good Shepherd School. We like the teachers. We like the rules. We’re the best with nothing to fear. We love learning through the year. Blue and gold, our colors, so true. When you see them, you’ll get the clue. GS is the best in the land. We’re true […]
Months after superstorm Sandy brought devastation upon much of the Northeast, two freshmen from Holy Cross H.S., Flushing, continue to bear the consequences. Fortunately, they don’t have to do it alone. Daeon Pierce and his family evacuated their Valley Stream, L.I., home before Sandy. They came back to find their home destroyed from an electrical […]
PARIS (CNS) – A French bishops’ spokesman urged politicians to “listen to the streets” after hundreds of thousands of people rallied against same-sex marriage. “We’re facing questions about society – what the family is, what marriage is, and whether there’s a difference between men and women,” Msgr. Bernard Podvin, spokesman for the French bishops’ conference, […]
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – The Sistine Chapel sounded a bit like a nursery Jan. 14, as Pope Benedict XVI baptized 20 babies, whose crying provided a constant accompaniment to the two-hour Mass on the feast of the Baptism of the Lord. Referring to the day’s reading from the Gospel St. Luke, which recounts the baptism […]
by Antonina Zielinska Sexual desire comes from a longing for God, Christopher West said during his talk on Blessed John Paul II’s Theology of the Body at St. James Cathedral-Basilica in Downtown Brooklyn. “Do you know that Jesus came not to suppress our desires but to awaken them,” West asked the audience. “Do you know […]
by Antonina Zielinska Looking forward to enjoying the comforts of home for the first time since she joined the Army, Private Sarah Keys sat patiently on the long bus ride from her assignment in Fort Dix, N.J., to her hometown of Washington, N.C. Her parents would make a celebratory meal, and on Sunday, the family […]
A New York measure that would prevent state regulations on abortion is a “radical” bill in a state where the abortion rate is already “double the national average,” New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan told Gov. Andrew Cuomo. The cardinal made the comments in a letter to the governor after Cuomo delivered his annual State […]
Kathleen M. Gallagher, director of pro-life activities for the New York State Catholic Conference, issued the following statement in response to the promotion of a radical abortion bill by Gov. Andrew Cuomo: “Governor Andrew Cuomo’s re-packaging of an extreme abortion bill into a so-called ‘women’s agenda’ is a desperate attempt to push through an abortion […]
Cardinal Timothy Dolan will join Msgr. Phillip Reilly and the Helpers of God’s Precious Infants on Tuesday, Jan. 22, at a 7 a.m. Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral. Afterwards, the Helpers will process to a site where abortions are performed. The day marks the 40th anniversary of the infamous Roe vs. Wade Supreme Court decision […]
