by Antonina Zielinska Less than a week before World Youth Day pilgrims from the Brooklyn Diocese boarded planes for Spain, Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio and Auxiliary Bishop Frank Caggiano met with them and celebrated a sending off Mass at Immaculate Conception Center, Douglaston. “Today we begin our spiritual journey,” Bishop DiMarzio told the pilgrims during the […]
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Maryland Moving Toward Same-Sex Marriage In Spite of Archbishop
by George P. Matysek Jr. BALTIMORE (CNS) – Two days before Gov. Martin J. O’Malley announced his decision to sponsor legislation legalizing same-sex marriage in Maryland, Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien of Baltimore sent him a private letter urging O’Malley, a Catholic, to refrain from promoting the redefinition of marriage. “I am well aware that the […]
Salvadoran Soldiers Indicted For Killing Jesuits in 1989
SAN SALVADOR (CNS) — Nine former soldiers in El Salvador’s army have surrendered to authorities, three months after their indictment in Spain for the 1989 killings of six Jesuit priests, their housekeeper and her daughter during the country’s 12-year civil war. The ex-military members turned themselves in at a military base Aug. 8 and were […]
Shrine Is One of D.C.’s Favorite Tourist Sites
by Sara Angle WASHINGTON (CNS) – As the nation’s capital, Washington has been visited by millions since its official founding July 16, 1790. With sites such as the Washington Monument, White House, the Capitol, Library of Congress, the National Archives, Smithsonian museums, and countless monuments and cultural happenings, tourists from across the world come to […]
Bensonhurst Cluster Celebrates
St. Dominic’s parish, Bensonhurst, celebrated a cluster-wide observance of its patronal feast day that included morning prayer, Eucharistic adoration, vespers, and an evening Mass followed by a reception in the parish hall. It was a first for the parish, and the cluster. Shown with attendees are Father John Tino, foreground, and Father Michael Bruno, parochial […]
Freedom of Conscience Under Attack
by Nancy Frazier O’Brien WASHINGTON (CNS) – When it comes to issues of religious freedom, Bill Donohue thinks the Obama administration has put religious employers between a rock and a hard place. The president of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights was among Catholics across the political spectrum commenting on the Department of […]
An Opportunity for Grace
Every day we hear new assignments of blame for the financial mess we are in. Competing economic theories fault either the lack or the lavishness of government spending for the failure of our economy to produce the jobs, revenues and incentives to meet our demands. Commentators lecture us on our misunderstanding of how government really […]
Bayside Girls Win
The fifth-grade girls from Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament, Bayside, won the Novice Division CYO championship in softball. The girls known as the “Blue Diamonds” finished with a 15-1 record defeating St. Virgilius of Broad Channel, 10-7, in the championship game. Pictured are: top, from left, coaches Pat Dennehy, Head Coach Jim Sweeney, […]
Patriarch in Brooklyn: Egyptian Cardinal Promotes Unity (with slide show)
Seven months after Egyptians took to the streets in massive political protests, the patriarch of the Coptic Catholic Church came to the United States to reassure those of his flock who live here. Patriarch Antonios Naguib, who was named a cardinal by Pope Benedict XVI last year, met with Egyptian Catholics who are concerned about […]
Flushing Pilgrims Ready for ‘Spiritual Party’
Twenty-four young people from Holy Family parish, Flushing, will join about 500 pilgrims from the Brooklyn diocese to celebrate their faith during World Youth Day (WYD) in Madrid next week. “Some are afraid that the youth have fallen astray, fallen asleep,” said pilgrim Claudia Goncalves. “We are not. We are alive in the faith. World […]