The Tablet gathered local Catholic high school newspaper staffs for a day of friendly competition and press appreciation. The Stanner of Archbishop Molloy H.S., Briarwood, kept its winning streak alive for the fourth year in a row by placing first in the General Excellence category. New to this year’s competition was The Trumpet of […]
For Patricia Guinyard and Gloria Casanova, being able to receive the sacrament of reconciliation in their native tongue is a rare gift. Last Saturday, these women had the benefit of experiencing the sacrament in the language most natural to them – American Sign Language (ASL).
Pope Francis recently reappointed Brooklyn priest Father James Massa to another five-year term as one of 50 advisors to the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue.
For those who couldn’t quite manage a weekend sojourn to Rome for the recent canonizations of SS. John XXIII and John Paul II, St. Athanasius Church, Bensonhurst, hosted its own celebration.
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio will dedicate the church and altar of the Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph, Prospect Heights, on Tuesday evening, May 13, at 7:30 p.m. The liturgy will be broadcast live on NET TV, the diocese’s 24-hour cable television channel.
WASHINGTON (CNS) – Kathy DiFiore has spent more than half of her life as the “shelter lady,” taking vacant convents and other buildings in New Jersey and turning them into shelters for unwed pregnant women. The work of DiFiore, now 67, was made into a feature film, “Gimme Shelter.”
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Appearing before a U.N. committee monitoring adherence to an international treaty designed to fight torture, Vatican officials repeatedly were asked about efforts to investigate allegations of clerical sexual abuse, punish offenders and cooperate in prosecuting perpetrators.
ROME (CNS) – Catholic politicians and judges who support laws in conflict with Church teaching on abortion, euthanasia, marriage and related issues commit “sacrilege” and cause “grave scandal” if they receive Communion, said the U.S. cardinal who heads the Vatican’s highest court.
Syrian Catholics have a part to play in re-establishing peace in their homeland, despite the fact that they are a minority. But before any serious attempt is made, foreign troublemakers, who include terrorists and bandits, must leave the country.
That’s the opinion of Patriarch Gregorios III, the Melkite Patriarch of Syria and Lebanon.
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Using what he acknowledged was unusually “blunt” language, the head of the Vatican’s doctrinal office rebuked officers of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious for honoring a Catholic theologian whose work was judged “seriously inadequate” and for promoting futuristic ideas he described as “opposed to Christian revelation.”
