Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio welcomed Bishop Ivica Petanjak from the Diocese of Krk, Croatia Sunday, May 2, for the 50th Anniversary of Croatian Apostolate at Most Precious Blood Parish in Astoria.
Author: Bill Miller
‘Water is Health’: CMMB Brings Clean Water to Parched Lands
Last year, Manhattan-based Catholic Medical Mission Board built wells and other catchment structures to bring safe water to more than 260,000 people worldwide. The need is dire. Unsafe water carries deadly viruses or bacteria that cause diarrhea, cholera, dysentery, typhoid, and polio.
Haitian Immigrants Confused, Worried about Temporary Protected Status
While on the campaign trail in Miami this past October, then-presidential candidate Joe Biden promised to never quit on the Haitian American community. But now, many Haitian immigrants are confused and anxious, wondering if deportation is imminent.
Only in Print: ‘The People’s Playground,’ Coney Island, Reopens With Fanfare, Joy
A costly 18-month dormancy of Coney Island’s amusement parks faded away Friday, April 9, with an exuberant grand “reopening” of the neighborhood’s most iconic entertainment venue.
Only in Print: Renters Await Aid to Get Caught Up
The pandemic has brought another woe to ZIP code 11368, which covers Corona and North Corona’s neighborhoods on the northside of Queens.
GOP’s Mayoral Front Runners — Sliwa, Mateo — Spar in Raucous Radio Debate
Two longtime conservative voices in New York City tore into each other on March 31, in a raucous two-hour debate over who should be the Republican Party’s nominee in this year’s election for mayor.
Brooklyn Native, Retired Cop, Is Conservative Party’s Nominee for Mayor
Retired NYPD officer Bill Pepitone, a Brooklyn native, is a registered Republican campaigning for mayor, but he won’t be the GOP’s nominee. Instead, Pepitone has won the nomination of the Conservative Party of New York State.
Basilica of Regina Pacis Adds a Second Spanish Mass to Meet Growing Demand
The 9 a.m. Spanish Mass has outgrown the Basilica of Regina Pacis, so a second Mass will be at 7:30 a.m. Sundays, starting April 11. Msgr. Ronald T. Marino, the pastor, said word is getting out that people can finally return safely to Sunday Mass, especially in the Spanish community, which is packing the basilica each week.
Flushing’s Main Street Patrol Aims to De-Escalate Anti-Asian Attacks
The newly-formed Main Street Patrol deploys more than 60 volunteers who wear purple surgical masks as they walk the streets of Flushing, Queens, watching for anti-Asian hate crimes. The volunteers are trained to intervene without becoming physically involved.
Only in Print: ‘You See, Perhaps, an End Is in Sight,’ Bishop DiMarzio Says at Easter Vigil
The faint rays of light faded at sundown Saturday from the stained-glass windows at the Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph. But darkness did not hold.