By Matthew Gambino PHILADELPHIA (CNS) – With the same expression of serenity that he had shown for 13 weeks, Msgr. William J. Lynn listened to the criminal jury foreman speak the verdict of guilty on one charge of endangering the welfare of a child June 22 in a Philadelphia courtroom. Msgr. Lynn becomes the first […]
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (CNS) – A team of researchers has been studying the skeletal remains of martyrs kept in reliquaries at a Louisville Catholic church, and so far the results seem to confirm information about the two saints passed down over the centuries. Since 1902, the bones of two martyrs – St. Magnus, a Roman centurion, […]
by Michael Kelly DUBLIN (CNS) – Young Catholics should be present on the web as witnesses to their peers who are searching for hope, said Auxiliary Bishop Frank J. Caggiano of Brooklyn. Addressing hundreds of young Irish Catholics and international pilgrims at the International Eucharistic Congress June 16, Bishop Caggiano said, “Your generation is the […]
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio will ordain six men to the priesthood for the Diocese of Brooklyn at a Mass at St. James Cathedral-Basilica, 250 Cathedral Place, Downtown Brooklyn, on Saturday, June 23, at 11 a.m. The six men are Father Sergiy Emanuel, Father Giancarlo Pattugalan, Father Larry Ryan, Father Stephen Saffron, Father Sean Suckiel and Father […]
ATLANTA (CNS) – During the public sessions of their spring meeting in Atlanta, the U.S. bishops received a 10-year progress report on their abuse charter, voted to draft a message on work and the economy, and heard reports about religious liberty issues in the United States and abroad. They also listened as an Iraqi bishop […]
by Antonina Zielinska After almost a half century of service as a Catholic school teacher, Roberta Willard is ready to go back home to New Jersey to enjoy her retirement. Before she departed, the community of St. Saviour H.S., Park Slope, wanted to make sure Willard understood just how grateful they were for the 31 […]
The Obama administration has announced that it will stop deporting DREAM Act-eligible youth. What’s more, it will use its administrative authority to grant, on a case-by-case basis, deferred action and work authorization to young people who meet the following criteria: came to the U.S. under the age of 16; have continuously resided in the U.S. […]
WASHINGTON (CNS) – The Catholic Health Association (CHA), a major supporter of President Barack Obama’s health reform law, is urging the government to expand its definition of religious employers who are exempt from the requirement to provide contraceptives and sterilization free of charge to their employees. In comments filed June 15 with the Department of […]
N.Y.S. Interfaith Network Co-Chairs Josefa Castro, community project director at Catholic Charities of Brooklyn and Queens, and Rev. Patricia Malcolm, of Churches United to Save and Heal, and Network Director Dr. Diane Steinman, commended the Obama Administration for granting relief for DREAM-eligible youth. Their statement said: “The New York State Interfaith Network for Immigration Reform, […]
Four Maryknoll priests with ties to the Brooklyn Diocese are celebrating significant anniversaries this year. Father Edward M. Wroblewski, who was born in Brooklyn, is marking his 60th anniversary of ordination to the priesthood. He attended Our Lady of consolation School, Williamsburg; Cathedral Prep and College, Brooklyn; the Maryknoll Seminary in Ossinning, N.Y.; and […]
