by Veronica Szczygiel Although autumn is my favorite season, the one thing I don’t love is how dark it is by the time I leave work to go home. It feels a bit eerie to see night ushered in so early, and I often long for the long light of summer days. I think I’m […]
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Newsmaking Pontiff
Pope Francis, seen here arriving in St. Peter’s Square for a recent general audience, continues to make news as he: chatted this week with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Natanyahu, https://thetablet.org/israel-at-vatican-pope-and-netanyahu-discuss-peace-in-middle-east-and-popes-impending-visit/; continued his efforts to “purify” the Church, https://thetablet.org/pope-purify-church-by-looking-within/; and stirred up a controversy with his remarks about economic issues, https://thetablet.org/pope-stirs-controversy-with-words-on-economy/.
US Bishops Applaud Deal With Iran
WASHINGTON (CNS) – The interim multilateral accord that could put the brakes on Iran’s nuclear development program is a steppingstone for a long-range deal that “enhances genuine peace in the region,” according to Bishop Richard E. Pates of Des Moines, Iowa, chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on International Justice and Peace. In a letter […]
Israel at Vatican: Pope and Netanyahu Discuss Peace in Middle East and Pope’s Impending Visit
By Francis X. Rocca VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Pope Francis met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel Dec. 2 and discussed prospects for peace in the Middle East and the pope’s still-unscheduled trip to the Holy Land. The two met privately for about 25 minutes in the pope’s library. Talked About Complex Situation A […]
German Bishops May Allow Communion for Divorced
WARSAW, Poland (CNS) – Church officials in Germany defended plans by the country’s bishops’ conference to allow some divorced and remarried Catholics to receive Communion, insisting they have the pope’s endorsement. “We already have our own guidelines, and the pope has now clearly signaled that certain things can be decided locally,” said Robert Eberle, spokesman […]
Nuns in Syria Kidnapped by Terrorist Troops
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – The kidnapping of five Orthodox nuns from a Christian village near Damascus has shocked Syria’s Christian community and filled many Christians with fear, said Chaldean Bishop Antoine Audo of Aleppo, Syria. Speaking to Vatican Radio, Bishop Audo said the latest information is that the superior and four of the nuns belonging […]
B’klyn Priest on Inauguration Panel
Msgr. Jamie Gigantiello, diocesan director of development, has been named by Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio to his Inauguration Planning Committee. He is the only Catholic clergyman named to the 73-member panel, that also includes a Greek Orthodox priest, a Jewish rabbi, an imam, a female bishop of the Bethesda Healing Center and a bishop of […]
Living Lincoln
In honor of the 150th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address, students from Nazareth R.H.S., Flatbush, met sailors and veterans at President Lincoln’s Cottage in Washington, D.C. They recited Lincoln’s transformative speech in unison at what was the Lincoln family’s seasonal residence in Washington.
History Comes to Life at TMLA
Seventh- and eighth-grade students from Catholic elementary schools were welcomed to The Mary Louis Academy (TMLA) in Jamaica Estates for the fourth annual History Fair. The theme of this year’s event was “Those Who Have Made the World a Better Place.” Featured were: Pope Francis, the Sisters martyred in El Salvador, Martin Luther King Jr., Aung […]