by Anto Akkara NEW DELHI (CNS) – The Catholic Church in Pakistan condemned a March 9 attack by an estimated 3,000 Muslims on a Christian colony in Lahore that left more than 175 buildings, including two churches and dozens of homes, torched and hundreds of people homeless. The attack came after a Christian sanitary worker […]
Seven students from Xaverian H.S., Bay Ridge, put their faith and training into practice by participating in the Urban Challenge program sponsored by the Romero Center in Camden, N.J. The Urban Challenge is a retreat with service, learning and immersion. It offered the students an opportunity to participate in various service projects with young children, […]
by Francis X. Rocca VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Hours before the start of the conclave that will choose the next pope, the dean of the College of Cardinals celebrated the papacy as a source of unity among Catholics and of evangelization and charitable service to the world. Christ “has established his apostles and among them […]
by Carol Zimmermann VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Centuries ago – prior to mass media – popes and the conclaves to elect them did not have the worldwide attention they do now, a historian told reporters. Jesuit Father Norman Tanner, dean of Church history at Rome’s Pontifical Gregorian University, told reporters March 11 that the papal […]
by Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Despite the rain, thousands of people filled St. Peter’s Square after dark March 12, the first evening of the conclave, to witness the black smoke that signaled the Catholic Church’s 115 cardinal electors had failed, as expected, to elect a pope on the first ballot. The smoke started […]
In a battle of Brooklyn, the Bishop Ford H.S., Park Slope, girls’ varsity basketball team defeated Bishop Loughlin M.H.S., Fort Greene, 62-51, to capture the CHSAA ‘AA’ state championship. Senior guard Aaliyah Lewis led the Lady Falcons with 17 pts., eight of which came in the fourth quarter. Congratulations to the team! (Pictured below)
by Father Eugene F. Hemrick AS FRUITFUL AS our country is and as wonderful as our Church is, there is far too much discontent in both these days. This discontent indicates to us that something essential is missing. What might it be? I believe we are experiencing growing divisions. We often hear, “In unity there […]
by Father William J. Byron, S.J. WHEN THE YEAR OF FAITH opened last October, Pope Benedict XVI invited the whole Church into “a time of particular reflection and rediscovery of the faith.” He later decided to vacate the chair of Peter and now pursues his own journey of reflection and rediscovery. The prayers of the […]
Father Walter O’Brien, O.F.M. Cap., died in Yonkers, N.Y., on Sunday, March 3, at the age of 100. For over 82 years, he served as a Capuchin friar and at the time of his death was the oldest living member of the order in the U.S. Born in Manhattan, he entered the Capuchins in 1930 […]
Sister Irene Poirier, S.C., a Sister of Charity, Halifax, for 66 years died on March 4 at Mount St. Vincent, Wellesley Hills, Mass. She was 88. Formerly known as Sister Anne Regina, she taught fifth grade and was responsible for school accounts at Resurrection-Ascension School, Rego Park, 1955-63. She spent the rest of her years […]
