This May, New York will become home to North America’s biggest exhibition dedicated to the history of the Auschwitz concentration camp and its’ infamous role in the Holocaust.
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Local Priests Mourn Along With People of Sri Lanka
“There were so many calls [on my phone] from Sri Lanka, from my family. I immediately thought, ‘oh, this is not good,” said Father Nalaka Silva, coordinator of the Sri Lankan Catholic Community of New York and New Jersey.
New York Archdiocese Publishes List of Clergy Credibly Accused of Sexual Abuse
The Archdiocese of New York published a list with 120 names that ‘have been credibly accused of sexually abusing a minor or possessing child pornography,’ according to their website on April 26.
Man Apprehended After Entering St. Patrick’s Cathedral with Gas Cans and Lighter Fluid
Nearly two days into Holy Week after the historic Notre Dame Cathedral caught on fire, a man carrying two gas cans, lighter fluid and lighters entered St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Manhattan April 17, but was stopped by a security officer and taken into custody, according to an NYPD official.
NYCC Claps Back At Cuomo Over Assisted Suicide Comments
In an interview on public radio, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he would back legislation enabling terminally ill people to request life-ending medication, saying “I say pass the bill. It’s a controversial issue, it’s a difficult issue. But the older we get and the better medicine gets, the more we’ve seen people suffer for too long.”
Poll Shows Most New Yorkers Want More Legal Protections For The Unborn
Following Governor Andrew Cuomo’s successful efforts to expand abortion access, a new poll shows that a majority of New Yorkers would limit abortion to the first three months of pregnancy.
Abortion Survivor Speaks At Manhattan Pro-Life Walk
“I was actually aborted and I survived.” These were the words spoken by Melissa Ohden at the annual International Gift of Life Walk in Manhattan, March 25.
Priest Fights For Historic Orphanage Wall In Manhattan
Construction workers are erecting a new, eight-story building. When they’re done, a historic wall will be covered forever.
St. Patrick’s Day in Manhattan
The 2019 St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Manhattan was celebrated March 16. The day began with Cardinal Timothy Dolan as the main celebrant of the Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral.
NYPD Remembers Hero Killed In The Line Of Duty In Pope’s Backyard
Proud New York cops often say that “the NYPD never forgets its own.” Lest that come off as mere rhetoric, a group of men and women from the Big Apple were in Rome this week to keep alive the legacy of a brother officer who died over a century ago, and not on the city’s mean streets but in far-away Sicily.
