Catherine McAuley H.S., a small, Catholic, girls’ high school sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy Mid-Atlantic Community, will close at the end of this school year because of declining enrollment, changing demographics, rising costs, increasing deficits and the economic downswing. Over the past several years, the administration and staff of the East Flatbush school […]
by Cindy Wooden and Francis X. Rocca VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Wherever journalists and bookmakers may be getting the names on their lists of top candidates for the next pope, it’s not from the cardinals who will actually vote in the election. Both custom and canon law forbid the cardinals to discuss the matter in […]
by Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) – One task facing the College of Cardinals already has been completed: A job description for the Catholic Church’s chief evangelizer already is written. He must be humble, but firmly grounded in Church teaching; joyful and enthusiastic; willing to listen to and dialogue with others; and courageous in defending […]
by Francis X. Rocca VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Threats to religious freedom around the world, the human costs of globalization, media transformed by the revolution in information technology – these are some of the challenges that the next pope is bound to face in leading the Church. According to one highly informed observer, the next […]
by Francis X. Rocca VATICAN CITY (CNS) – In one of his last public appearances, Pope Benedict XVI told an overflow crowd in St. Peter’s Square Feb. 24 that his upcoming retirement does not mean he is abandoning the Church, but that he will be serving it in a new way, through prayer and meditation. […]
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – When Pope Benedict XVI, 85, announced his resignation, he said that “both strength of mind and body are necessary” to carry out the papal ministry in the modern world. He was elected in 2005, just after his 78th birthday. Of the 102 popes whose exact age at election is known, Pope […]
by Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Ambrogio Piazzoni, vice prefect of the Vatican Library and author of the book, History of Papal Elections, shared facts and curiosities with journalists at the Vatican Feb. 20: • Electing a pope is the main and most serious responsibility of members of the College of Cardinals. In the […]
by Ed Wilkinson Holy Name of Jesus parish has begun a fundraising campaign to pay for renovations that will “restore its church to its former beauty.” Father James Cunningham, administrator, announced at all Masses Feb. 24 that the parish has embarked on a drive to raise $1.5 million to make the necessary renovations to the […]
During the 113th annual dinner of the Cathedral Club of Brooklyn, held at the New York Marriott Marquis in Manhattan, President John L. Heyer II speaks… Guest of honor, Edward S. Walsh, managing director of project management at Avison and Young, second from right, is congratulated by guest […]
Irish green is worn proudly in Brooklyn and Queens — but never more so than in the weeks leading up to the feast day of St. Patrick, patron of the Emerald Isle. Here is a list of the upcoming St. Patrick Parades in the diocese: Sunday, March 2, 1 p.m. — Queens County St. […]
