by Ed Wilkinson On two separate occasions last week, Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio spoke out forcefully against provisions of the new ObamaCare health plan that is gradually going into effect in the United States. In a letter that was read at all Masses on Sunday, Feb. 5, the bishop explained that “almost all employers, including Catholic […]
by Ezra Fieser, SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (CNS) – Trinidad’s only Catholic seminary educated future clergy members for six decades, sending graduates to ministries throughout the Caribbean. But by 2010, the Regional Seminary of St. John Vianney and the Uganda Martyrs had more staff than students and was losing nearly $100,000 a year. The Antilles […]
Pope Benedict XVI is scheduled to visit Mexico and Cuba, March 23 to March 28. Here are some departure and arrival times from his itinerary. Times listed are local, with Eastern Daylight Time in parentheses: Friday, March 23 (Rome, Leon) – 9:30 a.m. (4:30 a.m.), Departure from Rome’s Fiumicino airport for Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico. – […]
WASHINGTON (CNS) – A directive from the U.S. Army chief of chaplains that a letter opposing the Obama administration’s contraceptive mandate not be read from the pulpit by Catholic military chaplains violated First Amendment rights of free speech and free exercise of religion, according to the head of the Archdiocese for the Military Services. Archbishop […]
by Patricia L. Guilfoyle, CHARLOTTE, N.C. (CNS) – Led by Bishop Peter J. Jugis, Catholics in the Charlotte Diocese were protesting a newly opened play for its “gravely offensive” portrayal of Mary as a lesbian and its mocking of the virgin birth. “The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told,” which opened Feb. 2 at the Blumenthal […]
The statue of St. Peter is obscured as tourists walk through snow in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Feb. 3. A rare snowfall covered Rome with several inches of slush. It was the worst snowfall in Rome since 1985 and the first since 2009.
WASHINGTON (CNS) – A group of Catholic school leaders, including a student, a few principals, diocesan education officials and other school representatives, were honored Jan. 25 at the White House for their innovation and dedication. The group was recognized as part of the Obama administration’s “Champions of Change” program, which highlights different groups each week […]
The annual Chris and Kathie Lawler Dinner was held Feb. 3 at Immaculate Conception Center, Douglaston. The benefit assists the retired priests of the diocese. Shown, from left, are: Thomas Lawler, Jennifer Lawler (daughter), Msgr. Vincent Keane (honoree), Brendan Lawler (son), Anne Lawler (daughter-in-law), and Katelyn Lawler (daughter). The dinner memorializes a former diocesan employee […]
by Stephen Childs, Three generations of parishioners at St. Paul Chong Ha-Sang, one of the largest Korean Catholic churches in the U.S., have cause to celebrate. Following 11 a.m. Mass on Sunday, Feb. 5, hundreds of congregants of the all-Korean church in Flushing held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new rectory and long-awaited parish center. […]
When Pope Benedict XVI arrives in Mexico and Cuba in late March, what kind of Catholic Church will he find? Some say that while the Church remains strong in Latin America, Pentecostal sects have been making inroads. Others points to a Church in a state of religious flux and economic uncertainty. The most recent statistics […]
