VATICAN CITY (CNS) – The official logo and prayer for World Youth Day 2016 were unveiled in the event’s host city – Krakow, Poland – by the city’s archbishop, Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz.
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Lessons from the Present
I recently unearthed a letter that my 16-year-old self wrote to my future 30-year-old self.
YAMS Teens Accept Highest Form of Generosity
I appreciated the desire of the revivalists for us to have the same relationship with God as they do; I feel this is the ultimate form of generosity.
Steady Hand on Reform
On Wednesday, July 9, the economic reform of the Vatican planned by Pope Francis was delineated at a press conference held in English by Cardinal George Pell, the newly appointed prefect of Secretariat for the Economy.
How Diocese Assists Minors, Refugees
• Catholic Migration Services (CMS) has provided direct legal assistance to at least 56 children from Ecuador, Central America and Mexico in the past year.
Fight For Schools Doesn’t Break
School may not have been in session, but the fight to get relieve from the high cost of education goes on.
Yield the Fruits of His Redemption
God has blessed me with many talents and strengths throughout my life. But one of the things that I am not very good at is gardening, particularly planting. Every plant that I seem to have ends up dying.
The Books We Are Reading This Summer
See what people around the diocese are reading this summer!
13 New Priests for the Diocese
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio ordained 13 men as priests of the diocese to serve in Brooklyn and Queens on June 28 at St. Joseph’s Co-Cathedral, Prospect Heights.
Bangladeshi Man Achieves Dream of Citizenship
WASHINGTON (CNS) – “It took me more than 10 years to become a U.S. citizen,” said Mark Rozario. “God is good!”