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A Letter From Bishop Robert Brennan: ‘The Holy Father Speaks Not as a Politician, But as a Pastor’
Read a letter From Bishop Robert Brennan of the Diocese of Brooklyn on Pope Leo XIV’s apostolic voyage to Africa.
The Catholic Roots of America’s First State
Today, the church in Delaware — together with nine counties on Maryland’s Eastern Shore — serves nearly a quarter million Catholics across 57 parishes, 18 missions, and 29 schools, a striking testament to a Catholic community that began generations earlier in log chapels and missionary outposts.
A Catholic Reflection On Moon Exploration
As Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, Mission Specialist Christina Koch, and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen — the crew of NASA’s Artemis II mission — prepared for splashdown on April 10, after a record-breaking journey around the moon, Catholics had good reason to rejoice.
Boys Town Founder, Now Venerable, Began Journey to Priesthood at Dunwoodie
Father Edward Flanagan, the famous founder of Boys Town who was declared venerable by Pope Leo XIV on March 23, began his journey to the priesthood 120 years ago at the same seminary where priests from the Diocese of Brooklyn study today.
East Meadow Parish Installs Blessed McGivney Statue: ‘A Long Time Coming’
On April 12, members of the Knights of Columbus and the Columbiettes of Pope Pius XII Council 4422 processed across the parking lot of St. Raphael Parish for the blessing of a new statue of Blessed Michael McGivney.
Dominican Sisters Challenge NY State Gender-Identity Law
The Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne, who for more than a century have cared for terminal cancer patients, have sued the State of New York, alleging officials have threatened to shut down their ministry unless they violate their Catholic faith.
Divine Mercy Sunday and The Gift of True Peace
On this second Sunday of Easter, also known as Divine Mercy Sunday, the Church places before us the face of the risen Christ, shining with mercy, and his first words to the fearful apostles: “Peace be with you.”
Three Great Takeaway Themes From Lent
The entire purpose of Lent is to prepare us for the glory of Easter and its revelation of the destiny that God first intended for humanity “in the beginning”: the destiny that Christ made possible after the Fall through the paschal mystery of his passion, death, resurrection, and ascension. As the Church concludes its Lenten journey, perhaps we might ponder three great themes that shape the spiritual rhythms of this noble penitential season.
Letters to the Editor, Week of April 11, 2026
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