Mayor Imposes Private Business Vaccine Mandate, Expands Indoor Requirements
December 6, 2021
Just days after announcing a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for all private and religious schools, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a...
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Questions Loom Over Vaccine Mandate For Diocesan Schools: ‘Will We Be Shut Down?’
December 4, 2021
Officials in the Diocese of Brooklyn reacted with concern and confusion over a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for private and religious...
Diocese of Brooklyn Officials Oppose de Blasio’s New School Vaccine Mandate
December 2, 2021
Education officials in the Diocese of Brooklyn came out in opposition to a school vaccine mandate for private and religious...
For Nursing Home Residents, Years Melt Away When Students Come
December 2, 2021
The lifting of COVID-19 restrictions in nursing homes in New York is being cheered by residents of Hillside Manor Rehabilitation...
Only In Print: University Starts Building Archive to Highlight Black Catholic History
November 27, 2021
If you love history, you’re going to think Maria Mazzenga, Ph.D., has the best job in the world. As curator...
Event Organizer Aims to Awaken Black Catholics On St. John’s Campus
November 27, 2021
Raphael Civil, a student at St. John’s University, wasn’t aware of Black Catholic History Month until very recently but he...
Queens Priest Removed From Ministry After Abuse Allegation Deemed ‘Credible’
November 24, 2021
A claim of alleged sexual abuse of a minor, leveled against Father Peter Mahoney, 86, dating back to the 1970s,...
Black Catholic History Month Mass Salutes Divine Nine
November 22, 2021
Celebrated every November, Black Catholic History Month was established in 1990 by the National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus to highlight...
Divine Nine Sororities, Fraternities Instill Pride in Black College Students
November 22, 2021
When Michaela Ivory was a freshman at Butler University, she wasn’t particularly interested in pledging to a sorority. But after...
The ABC’s of Being a Godparent: How the Diocese Guides Baptisms
November 22, 2021
For the next three years, if Catholic families in the Archdiocese of Catania in Italy want to baptize their babies,...