In hockey, a goaltender’s job is to protect the goal from the opposing team trying to score. That’s a rather huge responsibility, especially since trying to stop a puck while on skates is no easy task. For Xaverian H.S., Bay Ridge, senior varsity hockey goalie Kurtland Sullivan, the word “responsibility” takes on a different meaning. […]
When the Pope John Paul II Family Academy opened in Bushwick in 2009, the vision was to provide students in one of the poorest areas of the Diocese of Brooklyn with a quality Catholic education made possible by the generous commitment of its benefactors. However, due to a necessary expansion and building repairs, the funding […]
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – The Vatican said that a report issued by the U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child is unfair to the Church. The committee continues to insist that the Vatican compile and publish detailed statistics on clerical sexual abuse of minors and that the pope, as head of the Church, can […]
by Father Anthony F. Raso I have realized for many years now that I walk, as the saying went when I was a teenager, to a “different drummer.” This manifests itself most clearly in the fact that I find some things to be funny which no one else, perhaps in all of history, has found […]
by Father Robert Lauder Seventh in a series There are several insights that I like in the essay “Are We Relating to God in a New Way?” by Father Gerald M. Fagin, S.J., which first appeared in the Review for Religious, (November-December, 1993). In the essay, which has been the subject of my columns for […]
by George Weigel Pete Seeger died on Jan. 27, rich in years – 94, to be exact – and in honors: a lifetime-achievement Grammy, the National Medal for the Arts. His death rated a segment on the PBS News Hour, during which the inconvenient fact that Seeger had been a member of the U.S. Communist Party […]
Dear Dr. Garner, My nails have turned a reddish color. My husband read that the way your nails look can be a sign of a disease that might be brewing in the body. This has me a little bit worried. Is there any truth to what he says, and if so, what should I be […]
Catholic social teaching is a rich treasure of wisdom for navigating past the treacherous partisan shoals that make constructive dialog so difficult these days. Yes, dialog – a blast from the past. This word was very popular in the aftermath of Vatican II and signified a sense of hope that people could find common ground […]
When news came this past Tuesday that Msgr. Ed Scharfenberger had been chosen to be the next Bishop of Albany, N.Y., most people were surprised. Not because of the choice of him as a bishop but because of the when and where. Whenever pundits sat around and talked about what priest might be selected as […]
My dear brothers and sisters in the Lord, This week we celebrate St. Valentine’s Day, a day that has taken on a commercial aspect rivaling even Christmas consumerism. The amount of money spent on gifts including flowers, candy and other articles gives a clear indication of the value placed on not just the saint’s feast […]
