This Mother’s Day, let’s do more than send cards or flowers. Let us entrust our mothers, living and deceased, to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

The Pro Vita Mass is not about winning an argument. It is about receiving a mission — one that begins at the altar and extends into every corner of society.

The road ahead may still feel long, but we do not walk alone. The same Jesus who accompanied those two disciples accompanies his Church now, until we see him face to face in time.

As Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, Mission Specialist Christina Koch, and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen — the crew of NASA’s Artemis II mission — prepared for splashdown on April 10, after a record-breaking journey around the moon, Catholics had good reason to rejoice.

He is risen. Now is the time to celebrate the miraculous Resurrection during Eastertide to continue the joy that fills our hearts across Brooklyn and Queens. 

Dear catechumens and candidates: Welcome home. The diocese rejoices with the angels and saints on this most holy night. May the light of the risen Christ burn brightly within you always, and may you grow daily in faith, hope, and charity.

Above all, heed Pope Leo’s appeal: Choose dialogue over destruction, mercy over vengeance, life over death.

As March Madness begins, a quiet story of faith, formation, and triumph is emerging from the Diocese of Brooklyn.

This St. Patrick’s Day, let us move beyond mere green-clad festivity. Attend Mass if possible, pray, and ask the patron saint to intercede for a renewed outpouring of the Holy Spirit on Ireland.

Catholic universities are not neutral ground; they are called to form minds and hearts in accordance with the teachings of Christ.