PROSPECT HEIGHTS — Bishop Emeritus Nicholas DiMarzio recalled how, in 2006, as a winter storm heaped drifts of wet snow on Brooklyn, a national teachers union leader came to visit. Randi Weingarten, then the president of the United Federation of Teachers, urged him to drop his support of a bill in the Legislature to allow […]
Author: Bill Miller
Cookies Bearing Likeness of Pope Francis Given after Mass to Rikers Island Inmates
Maria Notaro of La Guli Pastry Shop in Astoria has revised her cookie recipe that commemorated Pope Francis’s 2015 visit to New York City. She recently shared a batch of the treats with people trying to grow in the faith, even while incarcerated at Rikers Island.
Visiting Priest’s Quick Actions Help Contain Fire at St. Catherine of Genoa
An early-evening fire on Friday at St. Catherine of Genoa forced the church to temporarily close and parishioners to attend Mass in the basement of its former school on Sunday, Aug. 25.
Researchers’ Study Contends Shroud of Turin Actually Dates to the Time of Jesus
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.
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.
