In one of her last interviews before her death on Feb. 24, four-time Grammy Award-winning music legend Roberta Flack explained that her career was defined by a song she loved to sing as a little girl in Sunday school.
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How Christianity Shaped Bob Dylan’s Life and Music
In the late 1970s, music icon Bob Dylan was struggling through a low point in his career. His album “Street Legal” had received mixed reviews and his movie “Renaldo and Clara” had not been received as well as he had hoped.
Pope’s Current Hospital Stay Nowhere Near Record for Papal Hospitalizations
As Pope Francis enters his 14th day at the Gemelli Hospital, now the longest of his four stays at the Roman polyclinic, some observers may be tempted to regard the long papal hospitalization as exceptional.
Pope John Paul II’s Historic Visit Stirred Faith of New Orleans’ Black Catholics
The national media converged on New Orleans Sept. 12, 1987, when Pope John Paul II — now a saint — became the first pontiff to visit the historic city at the edges of Louisiana’s bayous.
The Catholic Way: The Right to Life Starts With Conception, Ends Only With Natural Death
Respect for human life — in all forms, and at all stages — underpins Catholic Church teachings regarding some of the world’s most polarizing issues: abortion, capital punishment, and euthanasia.
Only in Print: St. Josephine Bakhita Imbues Hope for Human Trafficking Survivors
Josephine Bakhita chose to love. She eventually reached Italy, where she won her freedom, embraced Catholicism, and became a nun. In 2000, she became Saint Josephine Bakhita.
Only In Print: Polish Americans Pay Faithful Tribute to Heritage and a Hero
Bishop Mroziewski, a native of Poland, helped organize the annual Polish Heritage Mass. He had attended Cardinal Wyszyński’s beatification Mass Sept. 12 at Warsaw’s Church of Divine Providence.
Local Polish Catholics Have Special Focus on New, Beloved ‘Blessed’
Auxiliary Bishop Witold Mroziewski of the Diocese of Brooklyn was among an estimated 8,000 people at the beatification Mass of Blessed Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński last month in Warsaw, Poland. Now, he said, Polish Catholics pray on the canonization to give the world “Saint Stefan Wyszyński.”
Auxiliary Bishop Cisneros Recalls Cuba’s Repression of Catholics, From Revolution to Recent Protests
Jesuit priests may have educated the late Cuban dictator Fidel Castro but, as a Communist dictator, he sought to separate people from religion — a grim legacy that Catholics still struggle to overcome.
Polish Catholics Still Hope For Canonization of Beloved Cardinal Wyszyński
The COVID-19 pandemic forced the postponement of the beatification in Poland for the late Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński. Still, Polish Catholics in Brooklyn and Queens maintain their support for the cardinal’s cause for sainthood.