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It’s not surprising that Pope Francis got a rousing reception at every stop of his weeklong pastoral journey to three countries of east Africa.
Africa now represents the most fertile territory …
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9/11/19
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It pains us greatly to address once again the aftermath of shocking, senseless mass shooting incidents that have swept this country into a deadly vortex of evil.
But with the summer of 2019 …
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8/15/19
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The people of Puerto Rico seem to have finally reached a boiling point.
Taking to the streets of San Juan for nearly two weeks this month, an estimated 500,000 protesters demanded that Gov. …
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7/31/19
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When Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first person to walk on the moon 50 years ago this week, the way we view our planet and its place in the vast cosmos was forever changed.
The …
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7/17/19
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The homily Pope Francis delivered to the 31 new Metropolitan Archbishops from around the world, including Archbishop Wilton Gregory of Washington, D.C., attending Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica last …
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7/3/19
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The U.S. bishops’ newly approved plan establishing procedures to report complaints of clergy sexual abuse and to hold its leaders accountable is an important step in the ongoing struggle to move …
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6/19/19
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On his visit to Romania last weekend, Pope Francis further extended the healing hand of the Catholic Church to the Eastern Orthodox Christians separated for centuries from Rome and long suspicious of …
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6/5/19
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An eight-year investigation of nursing homes by the Department of Health and Human Services has come up with conclusions that are not surprising to many people. The care of frail, elderly people in …
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By ANNE BUCKLEY
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With the state Legislature winding down its 2019 session, we urge the Assembly and Senate not to use their remaining weeks in Albany to take up a bill that would legalize physician-assisted suicide …
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5/22/19
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The May 3 United Nations’ observance of World Press Freedom Day was probably not something that most people marked on their calendars.
That doesn’t mean it’s not a vitally important issue, …
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5/18/19
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When Detective Steven McDonald, New York's Irish-American hero cop, moved up the aisle of
St. Patrick's Old Cathedral in his wheelchair carrying the gifts for the Eucharist at the
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By ANNE BUCKLEY
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4/29/19
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Last weekend Catholics at Mass in 413 parishes heard a
pastoral letter from the Archbishop of New York. "As you
cast your ballot, I prayerfully urge you to take a stand
worthy of the …
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By ANNE BUCKLEY
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4/25/19
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Manhattan College in the Bronx is noted for a number of
things, not least enduring among them the invention of the
seventh-inning stretch. That goes back to 1882 when the
varsity was …
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By ANNE BUCKLEY
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4/25/19
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It seems that this year, more than ever, the Church needs the hope and new life Easter brings forth.
Just as the resurrection of our Lord followed a week of persecution, violence and death at the …
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4/25/19
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The appointment of Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory to lead the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C., was an inspired choice by Pope Francis for an influential U.S. archdiocese that’s been through a rough …
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4/11/19
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U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has added a prominent voice to backers of legislation to allow federal tax credits for donations to scholarship funds for students at private and religious …
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3/27/19
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s executive budget contains a policy proposal unrelated to the state’s finances, which repeals New York’s long-standing prohibition on commercial reproductive …
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3/13/19
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Last week’s unprecedented Vatican summit on clergy sexual abuse did not close with a specific set of rules to end once-and-for-all the seemingly endless abuse crisis, and it did not completely …
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2/27/19
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The Book of Proverbs tells us “He who answers before listening—that is his folly and his shame.” (18:3)
After a video clip of the unfortunate exchange between Covington Catholic High School …
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1/31/19
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After nearly a dozen years, New York’s radical abortion expansion bill is poised to become law—signed, sealed and delivered on Jan. 22, the 46th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Roe v. …
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1/17/19
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