Seeing Green: 20th St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Bay Ridge
March 27, 2013
Sister Virginia Lake, C.S.J., of Bishop Kearney H.S., Bensonhurst, served as Grand Marshal of the 20th annual Bay Ridge...
Ed Wilkinson
Easter Is Perfect Time For Changes in Church
March 27, 2013
What is happening in Rome amounts to nothing more than a seismic shift in how we view the papacy. Pope...
New Pope Has Caught Public’s Imagination
March 20, 2013
The diocesan Mass of thanksgiving for the election of Pope Francis had a decidedly Hispanic tone. Celebrated at St. James...
The Bishop Was First of All a Human Being
March 13, 2013
This column was supposed to be about the qualities we are looking for in the new pope. And then we...
Great Getting to Know Pope Benedict XVI
March 6, 2013
I was in the presence of Pope Benedict XVI three times, twice while he was pope and once before he...
The Life of the Church Will Move On
February 27, 2013
You can call him Pope Emeritus or Pontiff Emeritus. He’ll wear the white cassock but not the red shoes. He’ll...
Remembering Benedict As a Great Pope
February 20, 2013
The New York Times ran a column this past week asking the question about whether or not Benedict XVI will...
Diocesan Archives Are Part of NET-TV Series
February 13, 2013
This being the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council, there is a lot of interest in...
Mayor Koch Was a Friend of the Diocese
February 6, 2013
When Mayor Ed Koch died last week, the Diocese of Brooklyn lost a good friend. I had forgotten how good...
Truth About Abortion Is Marching into View
January 30, 2013
After 40 years, it looks like the daily press has finally discovered the March for Life. The annual demonstration in...