An annual tradition at St. Josaphat Church in Bayside is the Mass and neighborhood procession of the Padre Pio Prayer Group. Another tradition is that Bishop Frank Caggiano usually is the main celebrant.
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Supreme Court Rules In Favor of Pro-Life Group’s Legal Challenge
WASHINGTON (CNS) – The Supreme Court June 16 said the Susan B. Anthony List, a pro-life political advocacy group, can sue the state of Ohio over a law that bars false statements about candidates during election campaigns.
Appeals Court Rules Against Church Groups on Mandate
LANSING, Mich. (CNS) – The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals lifted a temporary injunction that had stopped enforcement of the federal contraceptive mandate against several Catholic entities in Michigan and Tennessee while they pursued further appeals of the mandate.
Ariz. Priest Killing Suspect Nabbed
PHOENIX (CNS) – Clergy, religious and laity jammed into St. Catherine of Sienna parish in Phoenix for a standing-room-only funeral Mass for Father Kenneth Walker June 16.
An Open Letter to the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia
Your Holiness:
Grace and peace in our Lord Jesus Christ.
Personal Freedom And Responsibility
In a number of philosophy courses that I teach at St. John’s University, I deal with thinkers who place a great deal of emphasis on human freedom.
Last Graduating Class of Bishop Ford H.S.
Final Baccalaureate Mass, June 6, of Bishop Ford Central Catholic H.S., Park Slope,
Par for the Course at Fontbonne
The members of the Maranga Family of St. Francis de Sales parish, Belle Harbor, were honored at the annual Fontbonne Hall Golf Classic.
Honored at Catholic Charities Dinner
Bishop’s Humanitarian Award Dinner of Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens held at Pier Sixty in Manhattan
Iraqi Christians Were Targeted for Months
AMMAN, Jordan (CNS) – The fall of Mosul, Iraq’s second-largest city, to Islamist militants in early June sent half a million residents scurrying for safety, but Christians from the city say they were targeted long before Iraqi security forces abandoned the major political and economic hub.