Buyer Beware: You Are Going to Be Scammed By Relic Sellers on Web
August 2, 2023
Catholics are commanded by canon law not to purchase relics of saints. Still, the internet yields countless sacred items for...
Bill Miller
New Immigrants Bring Their Faith: Red Hook Catholics Praise God as Parish Survives, Thrives After Hitting Hard Times
July 29, 2023
Father Claudio Antecini, although born in Italy, is now a historian of the neighborhood surrounding his current parish — Visitation...
With ‘Reconciliation’ Funds, Jesuits Begin Atoning For ‘Historic Sin’ Of Slaveholding
July 26, 2023
A year after complaining of funding delays from the Jesuits, one leader of the Georgetown 272 descendants says, "We do...
Brooklyn Priest’s Beekeeping Hobby Is ‘A Way to Worship or Praise God’
July 18, 2023
The term “domestic engineer” applies to a stay-at-home parent or person tasked with various homemaking duties — much like a...
Rash of Humpback Whale Deaths
July 12, 2023
Jerry is one of hundreds of humpback whales known to appear off the coasts of New York and New Jersey....
Arrests Made Saturday in Two Incidents at Catholic Churches in Brooklyn and Queens
July 8, 2023
The man suspected of desecrating St. Joseph Church in Astoria a month ago was arrested Saturday, July 8 after returning...
Scouts Honor: Pledging Support for National Eucharistic Revival
June 29, 2023
The National Eucharistic Revival has the support of Catholic scouts from throughout the U.S., including the Diocese of Brooklyn.
Fordham University Works to Keep 280-Year-Old American Elm Tree Healthy
June 29, 2023
In 1841, Bishop John Hughes of New York bought the 106-acre Rose Hill Manor farm in the village of Fordham...
New Miraculous Medals Arrive In the Diocese of Brooklyn
June 29, 2023
Three modern-day missionaries to China, with the help of an anonymous donor, are continuing the instruction the Blessed Mother gave...
Nigerian Clergy Decry Violent Attacks by Muslims
June 27, 2023
Bishop Wilfred Anagbe, during a recent stop in Brooklyn, said massacres by Fulani herdsmen have continued in Nigeria, even as...