It is 2023 and, still, Jewish college students on many campuses, both locally and across the country, are fearful for their lives. 

The Metropolitan Transit Authority is rolling out its plan for congestion pricing for Manhattan drivers south of 60th Street by May 2024.

In his Angelus prayer on Oct. 15, Pope Francis said of the heinous acts in the Holy Land, “Prayer is the meek and holy force to oppose the diabolical force of hatred, terrorism, and war.” 

New York City Mayor Eric Adams last week pleaded with a state judge to end the city’s long-standing “right to shelter” law as the city struggles to house more than 122,000 migrants who have come to the Big Apple since last year.

This Saturday, Oct. 7, the Diocese of Brooklyn continues its celebration of the Eucharistic Revival at Maimonides Park in Coney Island with a spectacular day-long event beginning at 8 am. 

On Saturday Sept. 23, a Mass to stress the importance of Catholic journalism was celebrated at the Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph in Prospect Heights by Bishop Robert Brennan; it was concelebrated by Bishop Emeritus Nicholas DiMarzio; Msgr. Sean Ogle, chairman of the board of DeSales Media Group, the ministry that produces The Tablet; and Father Christopher Heanue, rector of the co-cathedral. 

This week’s The Tablet spotlights the resurgence of Catholic media and its growing influence on spreading the good word to the faithful. 

This week’s edition of The Tablet celebrates the reopening of the Diocese of Brooklyn’s schools and Catholic academies. As the children return to school, we are seeing a renaissance in Catholic education, from growing enrollment numbers compared to pre-pandemic rosters to enhanced curriculum in many of the Catholic high schools within the diocese. 

In a beautiful entry on his blog, “Sententiae Minores,” Father Adam McMillan posits the following: 
“I have for years promoted the idea that Lazarus whom Jesus raised from the dead was a developmentally disabled man. I would like to see St. Lazarus named a patron of the developmentally disabled and to serve as an example of their presence in the world of Jesus.

We have witnessed the first presidential debate in a post-Roe v. Wade climate. The eight Republican candidates — sans the party’s frontrunner, former President Donald Trump — participated in the Republican National Committee’s first debate of their party’s presidential primary process on Aug. 23 in Milwaukee.