In case you need another reason for the necessity of the Catholic Press, look no further than the current controversy surrounding the Administration’s attempt to redefine who the Catholic Church is and what it does. You won’t find much about this in the secular press that is too preoccupied with the latest sexcapades of the […]

Everyone agrees that the recent episcopal ordinations of Bishops Chappetto and Sanchez went flawlessly.  From the moment that the leaders of the procession stepped out of Our Lady of Angels School onto 74th St. to the time the lights went out after the reception in the gymnasium, the schedule proceeded like clockwork.  No blips, no […]

On our Currents interview with Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio, the bishop said that our new auxiliary bishops, Ray Chappetto and Paul Sanchez, are two of the most highly regarded priests in the diocese. He talked about the selection process: how polls are taken of the local clergy, how questionnaires are distributed to clergy and laity alike, […]

In two weeks, we will be publishing our annual survey of what people in the diocese are reading this summer.  But before we do that, I want to tell you about a significant book, which if it is not, should be on your list. Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil […]

  “For Greater Glory,” the new film about Mexico’s repression of the Catholic Church in the 1920s, couldn’t have come at a better time. The film, which is in limited engagement at three theaters in Manhattan, tells the story of the little-known or easily forgotten tyrannical moves against religious liberty by President Plutoarco Calles, Reuben […]

At the diocesan observance of World Communication Day, a local pastor and a publisher had some interesting things to say about how the new social media impacts parish life. For instance, the parish bulletin, a staple in every parish on Sunday, now can be found online.  Joe Luedtke, president of the E-giving division of Liturgical […]

Without certain special interest groups, some issues could slip through the crack of inattention. Thanks to the Becket Fund, the problems with the HHS mandate in the Obama Care package will not get past the view of the public. The folks at the Becket Fund understand that religious liberty is the first of all freedoms […]

Msgr. Joe Calise, the pastor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel parish, Williamsburg, correctly summed it up.  “If they had put it to a vote of the presbyterate, these guys would have been the first two choices,” he said. He was referring to the selection of our two new bishops-elect, Msgrs. Raymond Chappetto and Paul […]