by Antonina Zielinska After months of hard work, the Asian apostolate in Brooklyn finally has a place to call home. Last Sunday, Auxiliary Bishop Octavio Cisneros blessed and cut the ceremonial ribbon at the entrance of St. Rosalia church, Bensonhurst, the new diocesan Asian center. He did so in the presence of people from […]
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Pope Appoints New Nuncio for the U.S.
by Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Pope Benedict XVI named Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, 70, to be the new nuncio to the United States. In his most recent position, the Italian archbishop had served for two years as secretary-general of the commission governing Vatican City. He succeeds the late Archbishop Pietro Sambi in Washington. […]
St. Mark’s Observes 150th Anniversary
Under Father Joseph Grimaldi’s lead and in conjunction with the 150th Anniversary Committee, a range of spiritual, community, celebratory, memorabilia, and fund-raising activities took place to mark the 150th anniversary of the founding of St. Mark’s parish in Sheepshead Bay. Some parishioners currently are touring the shrines of Italy with Father Grimaldi, pastor. Earlier this […]
Bishop Asks Jurists to Respect Church’s Role
by Ed Wilkinson Justices from the Kings County Supreme Court joined other members of the legal profession for the annual Red Mass at St. James Cathedral. “We should all be concerned with a seeming increase in conflicts between Church and State,” said Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio when he addressed Brooklyn’s legal community at the diocese’s annual […]
Vatican Backs Finance Regs
by John Thavis VATICAN CITY (CNS) – A Vatican document called for the gradual creation of a world political authority with broad powers to regulate financial markets and rein in the “inequalities and distortions of capitalist development.” The document said the current global financial crisis has revealed “selfishness, collective greed and the hoarding of goods […]
Globalization
A document on the world economy, “Toward Reforming the International Financial and Monetary Systems in the Context of Global Public Authority” issued by the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace (PCJP) is stirring up as much controversy for what it says as for what it does not. Its main intent seems to be to further […]
Statement from the Vatican on THE HOLY SEE AND LIBYA AFTER THE DEATH OF COLONEL GADAFFI
VATICAN CITY, 21 OCT 2011 (VIS) – Given below is the text of an English-language note published yesterday afternoon by the Holy See Press Office on the subject of the Holy See and Libya following the death of Colonel Gadaffi. “The news of the death of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi marks the end of a much […]
Rosary Rally – Students Pray with Bishop at Cathedral (with slide show)
by Antonina Zielinska Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio led children from Catholic elementary schools from throughout the diocese in prayer at St. James Cathedral Basilica, Downtown Brooklyn, during the annual Rosary Rally, co-sponsored by the Office of Faith Formation and the Catholic Schools Office. The bishop explained the importance of the Rosary to representatives of the […]
Diocesan Priests’ Convocation
The priests of the diocese gathered for a three-day convocation with Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio in Thornwood, N.Y.
Futures Look Great (with slide show)
The annual Scholarship Fund Dinner conducted Oct. 12 by the Futures in Education Foundation at the Waldorf-Astoria in Manhattan netted more than $1.5 million to assist children in Catholic schools in Brooklyn and Queens. This year’s event honored CNBC news anchor Maria Bartiromo, a graduate of St. Bernadette’s School, Dyker Heights, and Fontbonne Hall, […]