PHILADELPHIA (CNS) – Sept. 22 marked exactly one year before the start of the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia, so organizers for the event took the occasion to brief staff of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia on the latest details.
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Vatican Says Climate Control Is a ‘Shared Responsibility’
UNITED NATIONS (CNS) – A sense of “shared responsibility to protect our planet and the human family” must influence how nations react to the reality of climate change, the Vatican’s secretary of state told the U.N. Sept. 23.
Vatican: All Nations Must Fight Terrorism
UNITED NATIONS (CNS) – Addressing the U.N. Security Council Sept. 24, the Vatican’s secretary of state said “terrorism represents a fundamental threat to our common humanity” and its escalation requires the response of a “shared commitment” from all nations.
90 Years of Faith in Astoria
Immaculate Conception parish, Astoria, begins the celebration of its 90th anniversary on Saturday, Oct. 4, at 5 p.m. Auxiliary Bishop Paul Sanchez will be the main celebrant of the Mass. The combined choirs (adult, children, contemporary, Filipino, Spanish and youth) will sing together during the liturgy, which will be in English. The entrance procession will […]
Get Married and Believe In God to Live Longer
by Nancy Frazier O’Brien WASHINGTON (CNS) – Study after study has confirmed that those who are involved in religion and those who are married are healthier, physically and mentally happier and live longer than those who are not. “The health benefits of marriage are so strong that a married man with heart disease can be […]
Diocesan Vocation Directors Meet in Convention on LI
Archbishop Jorge Patron Wong, secretary for seminaries at the Vatican’s Congregation for Clergy, understands the need to affirm, assist and support priests involved in vocation ministry.
Bishop’s Dinner for Scouting
The annual Bishop’s Dinner for Scouting was held Sept. 25 at El Caribe Country Club, Mill Basin. Two hundred thirty people attended. Auxiliary Bishop Paul Sanchez represented Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio and also received the Good Scout Award from the Catholic Committee on Scouting. Paul Stanton, chairman of the Catholic Committee, was the emcee. Former chairman, […]
Slideshow: Ragamuffin Parade
The 48th annual Ragamuffin Parade was held Sept. 27 in Bay Ridge with Msgr. Jamie Gigantiello, diocesan vicar for development, as the grand marshal. Arlene Rutuelo, a community activist and owner of Nordic Delicacies, was honored as the Person of the Year.
Egyptian Patriarch Visits B’klyn Flock
On his first trip to the U.S. as the head of the Coptic Catholic Church in Egypt, Patriarch Ibrahim Isaac Sidrak paid a pastoral visit to his Brooklyn flock at Resurrection Coptic Church in Park Slope Sept. 28. “Egypt is going out of this dark tunnel,” he said. “It needs time. We are trying.”
Pope Announces Reform of the Annulment Process
Two weeks before the start of an extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the family, the Vatican announced the formation of a special commission to reform the process of granting marriage annulments.