Dear Editor: As a lifetime Brooklyn Dodgers fan, I read with interest and sincere sadness, Jim Mancari’s report (Dec. 20) on Gil Hodges’ latest slap in the face by the Baseball Writers of America. Their arrogance and vacuous self aggrandizement totally voids any respect, of which they may believe, they are worthy. One wonders, just […]
Month: December 2014
Theologians Misguided
Dear Editor: The article about Catholic theologians (Dec. 20) referenced the incidents in Ferguson, Mo., and Staten Island, N.Y. However, it failed to mention that the perpetrator in Ferguson had just committed a robbery and violently attacked a police officer. It also failed to mention that the perpetrator in Staten Island was a career criminal […]
Cardinal Cuts Ties With Priests for Life
New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan said he wants “nothing further to do” with Priests for Life, which has its headquarters on Staten Island, which is in the New York Archdiocese. Cardinal Dolan said he had been asked by the Vatican Congregation for the Clergy to assist its national director, Father Frank A. Pavone, with […]
Rockaway Park Parish Mourns Former Pastor
A Mass of Christian Burial for Father James M. Dunne, former pastor of St. Camillus parish, Rockaway Park, was celebrated Dec. 22 at the church. He died Dec. 18. Born in Brooklyn, he attended Cathedral College; Immaculate Conception Seminary, Huntington; and Catholic University, Washington, D.C. He was ordained June 3, 1961 by Bishop Bryan J. […]
Diocesan Assignments
PASTOR Rev. Raymond P. Roden, from spiritual director of Cathedral Seminary House of Formation Residence, Douglaston, to pastor of Our Lady of Sorrows, Corona, effective June 30, 2015. PAROCHIAL VICAR Rev. Thomas Shepanzyk, from parochial vicar of St. Pancras, Glendale, to parochial vicar of Holy Cross, Maspeth, effective Jan. 31, 2015. Rev. Marcin A. Mioduszewski, […]
Vatican Played Key Role in Mending US-Cuban Relations
By Patricia Zapor WASHINGTON (CNS) – A not-insignificant part of the diplomatic coup pulled off by the White House and Cuban leaders Dec. 17 was that hardly anyone knew they had been working toward a reset in relations between the two neighbors and long-time antagonists. That the two nations had been negotiating in secret for […]
Statement of Bishop DiMarzio on the Murder of Two NYPD Officers
The Catholic Community in Brooklyn and Queens joins me in praying for the repose of the souls of Police Officer Wenjian Liu and Police Officer Rafael Ramos. We offer our sincere condolences to the families of our fallen Police Officers and pray earnestly for their consolation. Each day, 35,000 of our fellow citizens put on […]
Cardinal Prays for Slain Cops, Healing in City
New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan joined in mourning what he called the “brutal and irrational execution of two young, promising and devoted police officers” fatally shot in Brooklyn on Dec. 20.
Sweet Taste of Justice: Fair-trade Commerce Supports Decent Wages, Safe Work Conditions
By Beth Griffin MARYKNOLL, N.Y. (CNS) – Fair-trade chocolate tastes better than its commercially produced counterparts,“because you can’t taste the blood of the worker,” Cara Weidinger said. She was quoting a colleague in the Students for Global Justice organization at St. John’s University, Jamaica. Weidinger, a senior, is president of the group that encourages the […]
Heisman Winner Says Faith Plays Major Role in Life
By Ed Langlois PORTLAND, Ore. (CNS) – The winner of college football’s 2014 Heisman Trophy attended Hawaii’s only all-boys Catholic high school, the successor to the school St. Damien of Molokai briefly attended in preparation for his ordination in Honolulu. Marcus Mariota, the University of Oregon’s dual threat quarterback, is a 2011 graduate of historic […]