VATICAN CITY (CNS) – The current staff of the papal apartments, including Archbishop Georg Ganswein, will accompany Pope Benedict XVI to Castel Gandolfo when he leaves office. Correcting information he had given reporters earlier, Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, Vatican spokesman, said Archbishop Ganswein told him that he would be living with the pope and with […]
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Calvary Hospital: Where Life Continues
Since its founding in 1899, the primary goal at Calvary Hospital is meeting the physical, psychological and spiritual needs of patients and their families. As the nation’s only fully accredited acute-care specialty hospital devoted to providing palliative care to adult advanced cancer patients, Calvary is unmatched in its organization of care and depth of expertise. […]
Looking Back: Pope Benedict XVI in New York, April, 2008
Christ Our Hope was the theme of Pope Benedict XVI’s apostolic journey to the U.S. in 2008. The six-day trip, April 15-20, began in Washington, D.C., and concluded in New York City. The Diocese of Brooklyn was present to welcome the Holy Father when he arrived at John F. Kennedy International Airport… While in New […]
Pope’s Resignation Stuns U.S. Church
by Carol Zimmerman WASHINGTON (CNS) – U.S. Catholic Church leaders who awoke to the news of Pope Benedict XVI’s announcement that he will retire at the end of February said they were surprised by the news but admired the pontiff’s courage and humility for making the decision. Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York, president […]
Florida’s Care Is Felt In Red Hook Parish
by Antonina Zielinska More than three months after superstorm Sandy brought devastation upon New York, people in the Brooklyn Diocese are still struggling to recover. However, they have not been forgotten. Earlier this month, a three-ton truck, packed with donations for Sandy victims, drove up to Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church, Red Hook, […]
Laity Urged to Share Their Gifts in Ministry
by Antonina Zielinska The Brooklyn Diocesan Pastoral Institute invited lay ministers from Brooklyn and Queens to Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Church, Forest Hills, to celebrate vespers on Lay Ministry Sunday, Feb. 10. “I am most grateful to you for being here tonight to celebrate your ministries,” said Auxiliary Bishop Frank Caggiano, who serves the […]
St. John’s Prof.: ‘Fake’ Issues Cloud the Economic Debate
WASHINGTON (CNS) – The tension in U.S. economic life is between “wealth creation” and “wealth capturing,” according to an economics professor who delivered a keynote address Feb. 11 at the 2013 Catholic Social Ministry Gathering in Washington, D.C. According to Charles M.A. Clark, a senior fellow at the Vincentian Center for Church & Society at […]
Papal Resignation Should Not Have Been Such a Surprise
by Francis X. Rocca VATICAN CITY (CNS) – As much as he astonished the world when he announced his resignation Feb. 11, Pope Benedict XVI’s decision seems almost predictable in hindsight. Given his previous statements on the subject and his recent signs of aging, one might say that people should have seen it coming. The […]
Franciscans Ask Governors to Battle Global Climate Change
Five Franciscan leaders based in New York and New Jersey, whose ministries were affected by superstorm Sandy, have sent to Governors Andrew Cuomo and Chris Christie a letter noting how the governors have a unique opportunity to highlight the link between global climate change and storms like October’s superstorm Sandy. “It is incumbent upon all […]
At the Vatican, the Cardinals Prepare for Time of Transition
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – While the surprise resignation of Pope Benedict XVI is a first for the Church in centuries, it also leads to a complicated period of transition that ends in the election of a new pope. Regulated by ancient traditions and recent rules, the period between popes – known by the Latin term […]