VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Weeks before the canonizations of Blesseds John XXIII and John Paul II, Rome hotels reported they were almost fully booked, and the Vatican confirmed the Mass will take place in St. Peter’s Square, despite knowing that hundreds of thousands of people will have to watch the ceremony on large video screens.
Month: April 2014
New Pope-Saints Changed Church’s Worldview
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Blesseds John XXIII and John Paul II left lasting marks on the way the Catholic Church understands other religions and the way it interacts with believers of other faith communities.
Bishop Scharfenberger Wants to Be with People
ALBANY, N.Y. (CNS) – A bishop’s daily schedule is packed with Masses and meetings, phone calls and confirmation ceremonies, answering correspondence and dealing with crises. But Catholics in the Albany Diocese may also glimpse their new bishop dishing up dinner at a soup kitchen.
Ozone Park Parishioners Take Faith to the Streets (with slideshow)
More than 200 parishioners of all ages commemorated Jesus’ crucifixion on Good Friday by carrying a cross throughout the streets surrounding St. Teresa of Avila parish in South Ozone Park.
Leave Skepticism in the Tomb – Rise and Give Witness to Christ
Thomas must have had quite a reputation among the very earliest followers of Jesus!
Cooperating with God
I am having an interesting experience as I am re-reading Evelyn Underhill’s wonderful little book “The Spiritual Life” (Morehouse Press, 1937, pp. 128).
Eagles’ Coaching Reins Pass from Father to Son
At St. Edmund Prep, new varsity baseball coach Joe Romano Jr. has taken over the program after his father Joe Romano Sr. passed away last August from pancreatic cancer.
Canonizing the Bookends
Pope Francis’ bold decisions to canonize Blessed John XXIII without the normal post-beatification miracle and to link Good Pope John’s canonization ceremony to that of Blessed John Paul II just may help re-orient Catholic thinking about modern Catholic history.
Disordered Eating Requires Treatment
Dear Dr. Garner, My daughter is 18 years old, and I am concerned that she has an eating disorder. She is constantly preoccupied with her weight. She now weighs 89 pounds, and she is 5 feet 2 inches tall.
Holy Cross Football Wins City-Wide Honors
The Holy Cross H.S., Flushing, football program received two distinguished honors from the New York City Chapter of the National Football Foundation at the annual “Elite Eleven” scholar-athlete awards banquet.