by John Travis VATICAN CITY (CNS) — In a speech to U.S. bishops, Pope Benedict XVI defended the Church’s “honest efforts” to confront the priestly sex abuse scandal with transparency, and said its actions could help the rest of society respond to the problem. While the church is rightly held to high standards, all other […]
With the opening of the Advent season, English-speaking Catholics in the diocese and around the world experienced the arrival of the revised translation of the Roman Missal. The updated translation, announced by Pope John Paul II during the Jubilee Year 2000, is a more literal rendition of the original Latin text. Local Catholics were largely […]
ORANGE, Calif. (CNS) – A bankruptcy court judge has ordered the sale of the Crystal Cathedral and its nearly 31-acre campus in Garden Grove to the Catholic Diocese of Orange for $57.5 million. U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Robert N. Kwan’s Nov. 17 ruling confirmed a decision by the Crystal Cathedral Ministries board of directors to […]
by Marie Elena Giossi This Thanksgiving season, children at St. Margaret’s parish, Middle Village, have been learning an invaluable lesson – the power each person has to make a difference in the world. Almost 500 children in the parish school and religious education program are wrapping up a two-week H2O Project, organized by the parish’s […]
by George Raine SAN FRANCISCO (CNS) – A Superior Court judge Nov. 18 issued an opinion that would throw out an attempted multimillion-dollar “delinquent” tax bill imposed on the Archdiocese of San Francisco by the San Francisco assessor-recorder after a more than three-year legal fight. Judge Richard A. Kramer issued a 43-page “Tentative Statement of […]
Massgoers at St. Gregory the Great Church, Crown Heights, clapped and sang as the parish gardens were illuminated with white and multi-colored lights to proclaim the start of Advent. Following the 5 p.m. Vigil Mass on Nov. 26, Father Lamartine Petit-Monsieur, assisted by Deacon Andres DeLeon II, began the lighting ceremony with a prayer. Head […]
In 2009, St. Agnes Academic H.S., College Point, began a cross-country track program under the direction of Kimberly Daly, a guidance counselor at the school. Sister Joan Martin, O.P., principal, wanted to expand the inter-scholastic athletic opportunities for the girls. It began with a highly popular running club and has developed into one of the […]
On Saturday, Dec. 3, Our Lady of Lebanon Cathedral, Brooklyn Heights, will be the site of the elevation of its rector, Very Reverend James A. Root, to the rank of Periodeut with the title of Monsignor. Msgr. Root heard the surprise announcement at the Divine Liturgy concelebrated at the Cathedral by Patriarch Bechara Peter Rai […]
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio was the main celebrant of the annual Memorial Mass for deceased members of the Cathedral Club of Brooklyn on Nov. 19. Above, at left, the bishop processes into Visitation Monastery, Bay Ridge. At right, he greets Massgoers following the liturgy.
by Nancy Frazier O’Brien WASHINGTON (CNS) – In his first months as rector of Theological College in Washington, Father Phillip J. Brown has been confronting a problem that the national diocesan seminary for the U.S. Catholic Church “has not had for a long time” – it is bursting at the seams. Enrollment is maxed out […]
