Two Diocese of Brooklyn priests, Father Alonzo Cox and Father Patrick Longalong, were installed as members of the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre, an international Catholic order whose mission is to provide financial and spiritual support to the Christian community in the Holy Land.
As the Diocese of Brooklyn sees an increase in people converting to the Catholic faith year over year, Father Joseph Gibino said the fruit of the Synod on Synodality is essential to maintaining the momentum.
Our Lady of Angels Church has erected a new devotional site honoring Our Lady of Champion, a little-known but historically significant Marian apparition.
Father Hwang, who serves as master of ceremonies for Bishop Robert Brennan, spent the month of August walking the famous Camino de Santiago in Spain with two friends. He said he came away from the experience with a deep gratitude for his life as a priest.
The Diocese of Brooklyn’s Adult Allegation Committee has substantiated a “Code of Conduct violation, grooming, and sexual harassment” allegation against Father Philip Pizzo, a retired priest in the diocese.
On Oct. 19, the Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help parish community gathered to honor the life and legacy of Father Ruskin Piedra, who was a steadfast champion for immigrants in more than six decades as a priest.
An interfaith coalition that includes Catholic churches in Brooklyn and Queens secured commitments from two of three mayoral candidates to work with the organization to build affordable housing in New York City over the next decade.
Four Diocese of Brooklyn Catholic schools and a church’s faith formation program were honored at the diocese’s annual World Mission Sunday Mass for their fundraising efforts to support mission dioceses worldwide.
Plans by the New York City Department of Transportation to install a bike lane on Court Street aren’t the answer to parishioners’ prayers at St. Mary Star of the Sea Church. Far from it, in fact.
Young adults gathered at St. Anselm Church in Bay Ridge for a discussion on St. Pier Giorgio Frassati, led by Father James Kuroly. The event explored the modern-day relevance of the newly canonized saint’s faith, friendship, and joy — inspiring attendees to live their Catholic faith actively in the world.
