PROSPECT HEIGHTS — David Flowers, who recently retired after a 20-year career in the U.S. Air Force, said serving in the military isn’t an easy life. “I saw a lot of things, very painful, very difficult,” he said. “I can see the worst of human nature in a lot of ways.” And for most of […]
Ed Wilkinson remembers growing up in Greenpoint in the 1950s, and gazing across the East River on Good Friday to see three consecutive Manhattan skyscrapers all with lighted windows in the shape of crosses.
At a Mass to honor the victims of a recent nightclub roof collapse in the Dominican Republic, Bishop Octavio Cisneros highlighted the need for the diocese’s Dominican community to accompany all those who were affected.
A few weeks ago I became very upset about some events that were happening in our country. Apparently, I was not the only one who was upset. From the news on television I learned that town hall meetings were taking place across our country, at times drawing large crowds. Many citizens thought that by making their thoughts known, this might help to improve our society.
At the first Way of the Cross Over the Brooklyn Bridge Good Friday procession in 1996 only about 30 people participated, and they were only allowed to go halfway across the bridge due to a lack of permits.
In a joyful milestone for the church and lovers of sacred art, Pope Francis declared famed Spanish architect Antoni Gaudí venerable April 14, recognizing his heroic virtues in a decree announced during a Vatican audience with Cardinal Marcello Semeraro. Best known for designing Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia, Gaudí dedicated over 40 years of his life to the masterpiece, now seen as both a symbol of faith and an icon of transcendent beauty.
After 50 years of ministry, including 20 leading the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas, pro-life leader Archbishop Joseph Naumann had his resignation accepted by Pope Francis on April 8.
As we enter into Holy Week in this Jubilee Year of Hope, the faithful of the Diocese of Brooklyn are called to immerse themselves in the paschal mystery with renewed fervor
In a world economy rocked by the whiplash of American trade tariffs that has spared few countries, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and Jubilee USA Network, an interfaith development group, have a proposition for President Donald J. Trump: Forgive some debts.
In a joint letter dated April 8, the two organizations wrote Trump, encouraging him to build on global debt relief efforts from his first term.
Curbside composting is another step toward “care for our common home,” according to this proponent of Laudato Sí.
