Bill Lauto, a Long Island-based environmental scientist, wants the world to rethink enduring beliefs that the Shroud of Turin is a fraud concocted by medieval hoaxers. And now, a team of Italian researchers who conducted dating work on a sample of the Shroud of Turin, the linen cloth believed by some to have been Jesus Christ’s burial shroud, have confirmed the relic can be traced back almost 2,000 years.
Author: Bill Miller
Statue of Father McGivney, the First of Many, Is Unveiled in Brooklyn
The unveiling of the first in a series of statues of Blessed Father Michael McGivney spurred joyous enthusiasm Tuesday, Aug. 13 upon its arrival at the Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph in Prospect Heights.
Catholic Lawyer is First Black Woman to Lead Queens County Bar
May was quite the eventful month for Zenith Taylor, who was inaugurated on May 22 as the first black woman president of the Queens County Bar Association.
‘Father of the Modern Olympics’ Was Catholic
The Games of the XXXIII Olympiad have come to Paris, where Pierre de Coubertin — dubbed the “Father of the Modern Olympic Games” — was born in 1863.
Catholic Olympians Go With God And Go For Gold in Paris
Team USA’s roster brings accomplished Catholic athletes to the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad. Here are six who will be competing in Paris.
Incense: ‘A Symbol Of Prayers Raised Up To The Heavens’ In Christian Liturgy
Wisps of fragrant incense have slowly twisted toward heaven since the early days of Christianity.
New Study: Most Catholics Believe In the True Presence of Christ
As the National Eucharistic Revival nears its Congress in Indianapolis, July 17-21, a recent study suggests that the belief that Christ is “truly present” in the Eucharist is much higher than previously reported.
Catholic High Schoolers Use Technology to Ease Stress on Human Trafficking Survivors
Survivors of human trafficking may have escaped lives of forced labor, servitude, or even violent sex slavery, but post-traumatic stress can persist.
Refugees Report On Horrors & Violence Back Home in Haiti
Marie, a 30-year-old sales professional, recalls riding to work with other passengers in her hometown of Port-au-Prince, Haiti when bullets peppered the car.
Joyfully Ordained A Transitional Deacon, His Journey to the Priesthood Continues
Since coming to the U.S. from Mexico in the early 2000s, Nelson Gerardo Tlatelpa developed a servant’s heart at his home parish, Our Lady of Refuge in Midwood. He helped whenever asked, and soon he regularly served as an usher and worked with the youth. Father Michael Perry, pastor, (now pastor emeritus) saw potential in the young man from Chinantla, a small town about 135 miles southeast of Mexico City.