The Diocese of Buffalo announced May 28 that it will merge about one third of its 160 parishes to consolidate dwindling resources as it faces declining Mass attendances, aging congregations, a priest shortage, and financial challenges from filing bankruptcy four years ago.
The Catholic Church in France prepares to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Normandy landings June 6, a date known as D-Day that marked the beginning of the liberation of France and Europe from Nazi Germany’s occupation during World War II.
My beloved New York Mets, with whom I have so much optimism in March and April, have faded into oblivion, while the crosstown rival New York Yankees are appearing as strong as ever.
After two years serving as the U.S. ambassador to the Holy See, Joseph Donnelly will soon step down from the post and return to his home state of Indiana, the U.S. Embassy to the Holy See announced in a May 30 social media post.
When the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage passed through the Bronx May 24, Father Roger Landry witnessed what he describes as the heroic efforts of an older woman, who insisted on getting out of her wheelchair to kneel before Jesus.
Contraception is becoming a campaign issue in the 2024 election. Former President Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, made comments suggesting openness to regulations on contraception before backtracking on May 21. The next day, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said he plans to hold a vote in June on legislation that would protect access to contraception nationwide.
Former President Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, was found guilty on all 34 felony counts by a Manhattan jury agreeing unanimously that he falsified business records in paying hush money to an adult film actress in the closing days of the 2016 campaign.
Frank DeVita had an early start 80 years ago on June 6, 1944, in the choppy waters near Normandy, France.
An apparently antisemitic attack occurred outside a Brooklyn Jewish school on Wednesday, where a man attempted to run over Orthodox students and a rabbi while allegedly shouting, “I’m gonna kill all the Jews,” sources told The New York Post.
A group of pro-life pregnancy centers has filed a lawsuit against New York Attorney General Letitia James accusing her of censorship and religious discrimination.
