by OSV News WASHINGTON (OSV News) – In a post on his social media website Truth Social shortly before an 8 p.m. EDT deadline he set for April 7 to obliterate Iran, President Donald Trump said he would suspend the attacks for two weeks if Iran reopened the Strait of Hormuz, a key oil trade […]
From simple smocks to jumpers to plaid skirts, Catholic school uniforms have evolved over the decades, says Sally Dwyer-McNulty, a history professor at Marist University and author of a book on Catholic clothing.
Msgr. Raymond Kutner; Sister Virginia Chasas; Sister Margaret (Peggy) McHugh
If every crisis contains within itself an opportunity, though, the new Donatism offers Rome an opportunity for some essential clarifications.
Hundreds of priests from the Diocese of Brooklyn joined Bishop Robert Brennan for the annual chrism Mass at the Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph on March 31. A long-standing tradition in the Catholic Church, the chrism Mass marks the time a bishop consecrates the chrism oil and blesses the other oils used by priests for baptisms, confirmations, the anointing of the sick, and other rituals throughout the year.
Diocese of Brooklyn pilgrims at a Lenten Pilgrimage stop in Astoria, Queens encountered a joyful surprise as the Jornada Movement’s procession passed by St. Francis of Assisi Parish, where the faithful also took part in special Jubilee opportunities, including a chance to receive a plenary indulgence.
The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem said an agreement has been reached with Israeli authorities to allow Holy Week and Easter celebrations to take place at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher after they were initially barred from celebrating Palm Sunday.
Lunchtime pedestrians and tourists took double-takes on March 25 as the 10th annual International Gift of Life Walk marched through the Financial District of Lower Manhattan.
Young adults in Brooklyn gathered for a Mass for Peace, where Church leaders urged them to follow St. Francis of Assisi’s example and become instruments of peace in a world marked by conflict.
Hundreds gathered March 22 at the namesake Church of Our Lady Queen of Martyrs in the Diocese of Brooklyn to commemorate Christian martyrs.
