Flushing’s Economic Recovery Relies On Customer Confidence, Security, Vaccine
March 9, 2021
Asian-cuisine restaurants and other businesses in downtown Flushing are clawing back from a year-long grip of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Leaders...
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Blasphemy Laws Bring Increase In Violence Around the World
March 8, 2021
“A land of infidels” is how Boko Haram’s leader described the Kano state of north-central Nigeria. Last year, an Islamic...
Landlords Fret Rent Debt Avalanche Will Fall on Them
March 4, 2021
Unpaid rent in New York City, estimated at $1-to-2 billion, could cause a serious ripple effect, and landlords say they...
Cuomo’s Executive Powers Under Scrutiny, Calls to Resign Intensify
March 1, 2021
March 2021 began with a flurry of calls for Gov. Andrew Cuomo to resign, be impeached, or stripped of executive...
Black History Month Mass Homilist Calls on Church to be Moral Conscience
March 1, 2021
More sacrifices are needed to achieve justice for all, and Christians must lead the way. That was the message Sunday...
Anti-Asian Hate Continues to Grow
March 1, 2021
A few days before the start of Lent, Father Vincentius Do assessed the COVID-19 pandemic’s assault on Chinese members of...
Sister Ortiz Survived Torture; Became Voice for Victims
February 26, 2021
Sister Dianna Ortiz struggled daily with memories of torture and rape at the hands of Guatemala security forces in 1989,...
Local Clergy Concerned About No Mention of Vatican in China’s New Rules
February 24, 2021
Chinese priests in Brooklyn are taking a “wait-and-see” approach to reports the government in their homeland might be planning to...
Diocese of Brooklyn Donates Pews to Cathedral in Haiti
February 19, 2021
Pews, chairs, and a church bell, all formerly used in Diocese of Brooklyn churches, have a new home at the...
CRS’s Lenten Rice Bowl Helps Feed 150 Million Worldwide
February 17, 2021
Catholic Relief Services' annual Lenten Rice Bowl program helps fund efforts to teach "best practices" for growing abundant, nutritious food...