Baptisms inched back in the Diocese of Brooklyn in 2022 following a near decade-long decline, according to the latest data released. Meanwhile, diocese leaders are waiting on 2023 data to determine if the pandemic, or immigration, made unusual contributions.
Author: Bill Miller
30 Years After Horrific Rwanda Genocide, Church Calls for Tribal Reconciliation
Father Marcel Uwineza recalls he was 14 in April 1994 when a fearful pall “like an evil spirit” draped his hometown in the East African nation of Rwanda.
One Week After Easter Sunday Inferno, Parishioners Unite With Sister Church
Parishioners of Our Lady of the Rosary of Pompeii went back to church on Sunday, April 7, one week after billowing black smoke and fierce flames interrupted Easter Mass and displaced congregants indefinitely. Still, they had a familiar place nearby to worship — their sister congregation, All Saints Church, in East Williamsburg.
On Good Friday, Hundreds Walked The Way of the Cross Over the Brooklyn Bridge
Several hundred people of all ages and cultures had something in common as they poured onto the Brooklyn Bridge Friday, March 29, for the annual Way of the Cross procession.
Long-Awaited Chapel to Land At LaGuardia This Summer
The much-anticipated interfaith chapel in the new Terminal C at LaGuardia Airport is expected to open for prayer in July, according to sources familiar with the project.
Foreign-Born Priests and Nuns, Lacking Green Cards, May Have to Leave the US
Dioceses throughout the U.S. have long relied on foreign-born priests and religious to make up for increasingly fewer vocations each year. In Brooklyn and Queens, these clergy and sisters speak some 30 languages of the thousands of Catholics from around the world who comprise this “Diocese of Immigrants.”
Missionary Priest Travels the U.S., and Beyond, ‘to Be a Witness of Hope’
A former college chaplain and a candidate for sainthood inspired a Haitian-born priest from Brooklyn to visit sweltering northwest Arkansas last summer to observe local missionary work fueling the faith.
Bishop Brennan and Procession Took ‘Faith Into the Streets’ on Palm Sunday
For a third straight year, Bishop Robert Brennan led a holy procession of palm-waving faithful through the streets of Brooklyn on Sunday, March 24, just as the early Christians did during the fourth century in Rome.
Venerable Henriette Delille Was ‘the Humble Servant of Slaves’
Henriette Díaz Delille, a free woman of color before the Civil War in New Orleans, became a religious sister who founded Sisters of the Holy Family. They brought care and dignity to poor African and American-born slaves, orphans, elderly, and disabled. Their work continues today.
Trees Grow in Vegetation-Needy African Nations, Thanks to Conservation Movement
“My name is Arouna Kandé,” says the young man from Senegal. “I am a climate refugee.” This brief introduction appears near the start of “The Letter: A Message for our Earth.” This 2022 Vatican-produced documentary is about “Laudato Si’” — the encyclical from Pope Francis sounding the alarm about climate change.