The much-anticipated encyclical by Pope Francis on the environment, expected sometime this spring or early summer, is generating a lot of buzz in Washington and elsewhere.
Month: February 2015
Pope Mourns Copts Beheaded for Their Faith
Pope Francis called for prayers for the Egyptian Christians beheaded by Islamic State militants in Libya and asked that God recognize these men killed for their faith.
New Releases Provide Spiritual Reading for Lent
A selection of recent releases that might be suitable for your spiritual reading during Lent or throughout the year.
Spiritual Memoir Traces an Atheist Academic’s Path to Catholicism
Holly Ordway’s new book is a richly detailed, beautifully written account of the spiritual journey that compelled her to choose Christianity, and then, a few years later, Catholicism.
DeSales Helps Students Learn in New Ways
Students at St. Joseph the Worker School in Windsor Terrace now work in a new media lab, courtesy of the DeSales Media Group, parent company of The Tablet and NET-TV. Principal Robert DiNardo is so grateful that he wants everyone to know where the new room came from. So, he held a special ceremony on […]
Firefighters’ Union Head to Lead Parade in Queens
The parade, which attracts up to 50,000 spectators and features a number of marching bands, bagpipes, drummers and more, will be held March 7.
Cardinal Karl Josef Becker
German Cardinal Karl Josef Becker, a longtime Jesuit professor of dogmatic theology and consultant to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, died in Rome Feb. 10 at the age of 86. Cardinal Becker was called in 1985 to serve as a consultor for the Vatican’s doctrinal congregation under its then-prefect Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, […]
Despite Blizzard, St. Patrick’s Celebrates Catholic Identity
St. Patrick Catholic Academy, Bay Ridge, didn’t let a potential blizzard dampen its annual Catholic Schools Week celebration, which got underway with a Mass on Sunday, Jan. 25. At the Mass, which was celebrated by Msgr. Michael Hardiman, pastor, Principal Andrea D’Emic presented the academy’s first-ever Distinguished Graduate Award to Eastern District Magistrate Judge Vera […]
Pope, Cardinals Discuss Reform of Roman Curia
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Cardinals meeting at the Vatican discussed better ways to balance the responsibilities of local bishops and of the Roman Curia, said the Vatican spokesman. A recurring theme in the cardinals’ Feb. 12-13 meeting was “what is it that is done best where,” Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, Vatican spokesman, told journalists Feb. […]
There’s Danger in Distractions of Devil
As we begin the season of Lent, the Rite of Election on the first Sunday of Lent is perhaps one of the highlights of the Liturgical Year in the Diocese of Brooklyn. For those who are to be Baptized and fully initiated on Easter, their journey begins in earnest during this 40-day period.