With great emotion His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI celebrated his final Sunday prayers in St. Peter’s Square, restating his conscientious conviction that his decision to retire is from the Lord. “If God is asking me to do this, it is precisely so I can continue to serve with the same dedication and love as before […]
Month: February 2013
The Life of the Church Will Move On
You can call him Pope Emeritus or Pontiff Emeritus. He’ll wear the white cassock but not the red shoes. He’ll live out of view of the public in what used to be a cloistered convent. These are some of the things that we know about Benedict XVI’s future as he “retires” from the papacy. There […]
Understanding Vatican Council II
My dear brothers and sisters in the Lord, One of the objectives of the Year of Faith is to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the Second Vatican Council. To this end, NET-TV, the “New Evangelization Television” of the Diocese of Brooklyn, will be offering a series of 10 episodes that will give […]
Pope Benedict Leads by Example
by Father William Byron, S.J. When Joseph Ratzinger was elected pope in 2005 at age 78, I was working at Loyola College (now Loyola University) in Baltimore. A local radio announcer, who was on the air during the late afternoon commute, telephoned me to discuss this breaking news with him on the air. “He’s a […]
Pope Delivers Personal, Emotional Farewell Address at Audience
by Francis X. Rocca VATICAN CITY (CNS) — On his last full day as pope, Pope Benedict XVI delivered an unusually personal and emotional farewell address, thanking the faithful around the world for their support and assuring them that he would remain in their service even in retirement. “I will continue to accompany the […]
Rutgers Coach’s Roots Trace to St. Francis
It’s an unfortunate fact that most people never get their dream job. For those that do, they certainly consider themselves lucky. However, Rutgers University, Piscataway, N.J., head football coach Kyle Flood has been fortunate enough to be hired to his dream job twice. Long before taking the helm of the Scarlet Knights, Flood taught mathematics […]
CYO Girls Basketball Championship Results
The Catholic Youth Organization of Brooklyn and Queens crowned 10 girls basketball champions Feb. 24. Seven games were played at St. John’s Prep, Astoria; two were played at St. Margaret’s parish, Middle Village; and the final game was played at Our Lady of Hope parish, also Middle Village. Here are the scores and results of […]
Nets Feature Bishop Kearney on YES Network
Bishop Kearney H.S., Bensonhurst, senior Amanda DiLeo was featured on the YES Network during the Feb. 24 Brooklyn Nets game. DiLeo, a combo guard/forward on the Tigers’ basketball team, is a devout Nets fan and sent in her drawing (pictured at left) of Nets’ All-Star point guard Deron Williams. Wearing her Nets’ T-shirt, DiLeo was […]
Christ the King Captures Brooklyn – Queens Title (with slideshow)
The Christ the King R.H.S., Middle Village, boys basketball team won the 2013 Brooklyn/Queens CHSAA title with an 80-65 victory over Bishop Loughlin M.H.S., Fort Greene. The win marks the fourth time in the past five seasons that the Royals have won the sectional title. Entering the game as the No. 1 seed, the Royals […]
Pope Exhausted – Papal Biographer Says Benedict Also May Have Been Disheartened
by Jonathon Luxemoore OXFORD, England (CNS) – Pope Benedict XVI was “exhausted and disheartened” well before his Feb. 11 resignation announcement, according to his German biographer, Peter Seewald. In an article, “Farewell to my pope,” in the Feb. 18 issue of Germany’s Focus weekly, Seewald said he had held several Vatican meetings with the 85-year-old […]