“Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom” (2 Corinthians 3:17). Once again, another Black History Month has begun. The announced national theme for the 2024 observance is “African Americans and the Arts,” a focus on African, Caribbean, and African American experiences in film, music, literature, fashion, architecture, visual and performing arts, and other forms of cultural expression.
Author: Christine
Letters to the Editor Week of February 3, 2024
A Devoted Rosarian, Right to Life, May I Have Your Blessing?, Greenpoint Basketball Greats, Score One for America
Obituaries, Week of February 3, 2024
Sister Margaret (Peggy) Byrne, OP
Diocesan Assignments – Febuary 3, 2024
Rev. Ignacio Cogollodo, S.D.V., to administrator of Our Lady of Solace Shrine, Coney Island, effective Jan. 5.
For Turkey’s Christians, Attack Is a Remembrance of Things Past
In the wake of a shooting at a Catholic Church in an Istanbul neighborhood Sunday that left one person dead, for which the Islamic State group has claimed responsibility, fear is once again on the rise among Turkey’s embattled Christian minority.
With New Bishop, Diocese, Pope Extends Policy of Detente With China
Several significant developments for the Catholic Church in China have occurred over the past week, including the appointment of a new bishop and the establishment of a new diocese on the mainland for the first time since Mao’s Communist revolution.
Islamic State Group Claims Responsibility for Attack on Church in Turkey
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for an attack on a Roman Catholic church in Istanbul during a Sunday Mass that killed one person.
Defending Life in Ordinary Times
Each year, the March for Life is an opportunity to bear witness to the unique dignity of each human being made in the image of God with an irreplaceable part in the human family. Thousands join me on the cold streets of the nation’s capital to remind our leaders of their sacred obligation to defend innocent human life.
We Marched, & Must Always March for Life
The 2024 March for Life was an important time. Yes, we still suffer from the effects of Roe v. Wade (1973), that U.S. Supreme Court decision that has so shaped the last 50-plus years of existence, so much for the worse, in our beloved nation, the United States of America.
The Fight Between Jesus And Evil Is Not Even Close
While the Church has not formally approved the apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary said to be occurring for roughly 40 years in Medjugorje, there is no denying this village in Bosnia and Herzegovina is a place of great faith.