by Ed Wilkinson When Auxiliary Bishop Paul Sanchez laid hands upon the head of Belen Gonzalez y Perez Nov. 20 at St. James Cathedral-Basilica, Downtown Brooklyn, Father Gonzalez y Perez became the first former Anglican priest to be ordained a Catholic priest in Brooklyn. He concelebrated a First Mass of thanksgiving Nov. 25 at St. […]
by Dennis Sadowski WASHINGTON (CNS) – The Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has dismissed Roy Bourgeois from the priesthood because of his participation in the invalid ordination of a woman and “a simulated Mass,” the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers announced. The order said in a statement the canonical dismissal came Oct. 4. […]
by Francis X. Rocca VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Recalling that Christ’s mission transcends “all ethnic, national and religious particularities,” Pope Benedict XVI created six new cardinals from four different continents, representing the Latin rite of the Catholic Church as well as two Eastern Catholic Churches. The churchmen who joined the College of Cardinals Nov. 24 […]
by Carol Glatz and Francis X. Rocca VATICAN CITY (CNS) – The Nativity story, like the whole story of Christ, is not merely an event in the past but has unfolding significance for people today, with implications for such issues as the limits of political power and the purpose of human freedom, Pope Benedict writes […]
by Christopher S. Pineo BRAINTREE, Mass. (CNS) – A pastoral plan approved by Boston Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley calls for the Boston Archdiocese to organize its 288 parishes into approximately 135 groups called “parish collaboratives.” Led by one pastor, a group of priests, deacons and lay ecclesial ministers, called a pastoral team, would provide pastoral […]
Each Advent, exhortations come from Christian pulpits to “slow down.” Just when every other force and fury around us is screaming, “hurry up!” the Church is out there being its counter-cultural self, ever the “sign of contradiction” in the world. And with good reason. Our message is one of liberation, freedom from what ties us […]
by Antonina Zielinska Nearly three weeks after superstorm Sandy devastated the Rockaways, St. Rose of Lima became the first Catholic school on the peninsula to welcome students back for a full day of classes. “It’s our strong faith that will pull us through this,” said Theresa Andersen, principal of the Rockaway Beach school. “I felt […]
by Ed Wilkinson A high-ranking Vatican official from China says he doesn’t expect much to change in church-state relations with the new Chinese government. Archbishop Savio Hon Tai-Fai, S.D.B., said that “I don’t think there will be a big change in the immediate future for the religious policy in China. It’s not one of the […]
BALTIMORE (CNS) – During their annual fall general assembly in Baltimore Nov. 12-15, the U.S. bishops voted down a document on the troubled U.S. economy, passed documents on penance and better preaching, approved a reorganization of their Communications Department and endorsed the sainthood cause of Dorothy Day. On the assembly’s opening day, the bishops discussed […]
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio was informed Nov. 19 by Pope Benedict XVI of the decision to designate Regina Pacis Church, 1230 65th St., Bensonhurst, a minor basilica. Last year, Bishop DiMarzio submitted a petition to the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments of the Vatican, requesting the honor. “This Thanksgiving, the Diocese […]
