BELMONT, N.C. (CNS) – Belmont Abbey College filed a new lawsuit in its long-running fight against a federal law requiring most employers to provide free contraceptives in their health insurance plans. In the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the college calls the contraceptive mandate “constitutionally flawed,” “arbitrary and capricious” […]
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Diocese Well Represented In Holy Sepulchre Order
The Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem for the Eastern Lieutenancy held its Mass of Investiture Nov. 23 at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Manhattan, followed by dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria. New priest-members from the Diocese of Brooklyn were Msgr. John Strynkowski, rector of St. James Cathedral-Basilica, Downtown Brooklyn; Father Patrick J. Frawley, CEO, Fidelis […]
Pope’s First Writing Lays Out a Vision for Church
By Francis X. Rocca VATICAN CITY (CNS) – In his first extensive piece of writing as pope, Pope Francis lays out a vision of the Catholic Church dedicated to evangelization in a positive key, with a focus on society’s poorest and most vulnerable, including the aged and unborn. “Evangelii Gaudium” (“The Joy of the Gospel”), […]
Technology Sheds Light On Dark Catacombs
By Francis X. Rocca VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Early Christian burial sites are now easier to see, both in person and via the Internet, thanks to 21st-century technology and collaboration between Google and the Vatican. “This is perhaps the sign of the joining of two extremes, remote antiquity and modernity,” said Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi Nov. […]
Blessed Sacrament Rescued
Parishioners kneel before the tabernacle containing the Blessed Sacrament after firefighters pulled it Nov. 18 from the rubble of what was St. Barbara Church in Cloverdale, Ohio. The church and rectory were destroyed Nov. 17 when a powerful tornado swept through the rural community.
Nightmare in the Philippines
Above, hundreds of survivors of Typhoon Haiyan have dinner and rest under candle light in a Redemptorist-run church where they found shelter in Tacloban, Philippines. Nearly two weeks after Super Typhoon Haiyan tore through the central Philippines, Catholic aid workers were still seeing great needs. Below, a man lights a candle Nov. 25 as he […]
Climate Change Brings An Ethical Challenge
WARSAW, Poland (CNS) – Climate change represents an “ethical challenge to civilization,” said the Vatican’s lead representative to an international conference discussing the worldwide impact of climate change. Archbishop Celestino Migliore told attendees at a Church-run conference that the Vatican would help “form consciences and ethical perspectives” on climate change in line with Catholic social […]
New Pastor as Recovery From Sandy Continues
A year after Hurricane Sandy hit Breezy Point, Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio visited Blessed Trinity parish to install a new pastor and to continue to show support for the Rockaway Peninsula. “Here in Breezy, you have been people of perseverance,” he told the congregation gathered at St. Thomas More Church. “I think you know exactly […]
Filipinos Pray Homeland Recovers from Typhoon – Mass of Healing at St. Michael’s, Flushing
by Ed Wilkinson Many members of the Filipino community in the U.S. belong to helping professions, such as the medical field. But right now, it is the Filipinos themselves who are in need of help. That was the observation of Father Patrick Longalong, coordinator of the diocesan Filipino apostolate, following a Mass of healing and […]
Queen of All Saints – A Century of Welcoming the Faithful of Fort Greene/Clinton Hill (with slideshow)
by Marie Elena Giossi The sonorous sounds of bells greeted clergy, parishioners and guests as they arrived to celebrate the centennial anniversary of the dedication of Queen of All Saints Church in Fort Greene/Clinton Hill, on Sunday, Nov. 17. Adult members of the parish’s Resounding Joy Hand Bell Choir performed as ushers and parish youngsters, […]