On the first Sunday of Lent, Cardinal Dolan celebrated the annual Rite of Election at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, welcoming and congratulating more than 300 catechumens who have been preparing to join …
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By ARMANDO MACHADO
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3/13/19
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Four Catholic Relief Service staff members on their way to a training session in Nairobi, Kenya, were among the passengers aboard an Ethiopian Airlines flight that crashed moments after takeoff in …
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By DENNIS SADOWSKI
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3/13/19
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Students representing about 20 colleges listened to a 30-minute talk by Cardinal Dolan before he answered their questions at Rockland Community College’s Student Union building in Suffern Feb. …
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By DAN PIETRAFESA
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3/13/19
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Catholic school kids in the archdiocese are practicing the virtue of daily prayer during the 40-day season of Lent that began Ash Wednesday, March 6. They’re seeking to amplify their prayers by …
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By JOHN WOODS
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3/13/19
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Isabella Acierno said she will read and watch news differently after attending the third annual Student Leadership Conference at the Sheen Center for Thought and Culture in Manhattan March 8.
The …
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By DAN PIETRAFESA
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3/13/19
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Seeking to identify “points of hopefulness,” archdiocesan leaders met at the New York Catholic Center in Manhattan for a gathering called “Conversation About Young Catholics Leaving the …
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By ARMANDO MACHADO
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3/13/19
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On the eve of International Women’s Day and 10 days before St. Patrick’s Day, a photo exhibit featuring young single Irish women who immigrated to New York opened in the Archives Building at St. …
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By ARMANDO MACHADO
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3/13/19
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The venue for a pre-screening of “Unplanned,” a pro-life movie about the conversion story of Abby Johnson, a former Texas Planned Parenthood clinic director who is now a pro-life activist, was apropos.
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By CHRISTIE L. CHICOINE
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3/1/19
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Sal Fabozzi used his passion for basketball to create opportunities in athletics for young athletes with special needs by starting Because We Can Sports on Staten Island.
“I love the expressions …
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By DAN PIETRAFESA
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2/27/19
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At Holy Family School in New Rochelle, a newly constructed image of the Madonna and Child, made almost entirely of buttons, is on display.
It is the creative work of Mrs. Jill Holmes, who came on …
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By ARMANDO MACHADO
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2/27/19
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Joe Toussaint collected 27 points, eight rebounds and seven assists, leading the Cardinal Hayes High School boys’ basketball team to the archdiocesan championship with an 86-65 victory over St. …
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By DAN PIETRAFESA
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2/27/19
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Cardinal Dolan, backed by clergy, religious and lay professionals, reaffirmed the archdiocese’s long-standing commitment to stand with all pregnant women who seek its assistance.
“I renew and …
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By JOHN WOODS
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2/27/19
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The long-awaited “Meeting on the Protection of Minors in the Church,” nicknamed the abuse summit, was an extraordinary and historic gathering that surpassed many expectations while perhaps …
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By GREG ERLANDSON
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2/27/19
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Would you be able to forgive the man who murdered your mother?
Father Ubald Rugirangoga was faced with that momentous question when he returned to Rwanda from exile in neighboring Burundi …
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By RON LAJOIE
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2/27/19
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Cardinal Dolan, backed by clergy, religious and lay professionals, reaffirmed the archdiocese’s long-standing commitment to stand with all pregnant women who seek its assistance.
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By JOHN WOODS
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2/19/19
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Pope Francis has signed a decree recognizing a miracle attributed to the intercession of Blessed John Henry Newman, the English cardinal, clearing the way for his canonization.
The Vatican …
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By CINDY WOODEN
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2/15/19
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A Mass of thanksgiving celebrated the beatification of Blessed Clelia Merloni and served as an opportunity for archdiocesan officials to thank the Apostles of the Sacred Heart of Jesus at St. …
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By DAN PIETRAFESA
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2/14/19
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Gary Sinise, the actor perhaps best known for playing Lieutenant Dan in the 1994 movie “Forrest Gump,” followed an unusual path to becoming a Catholic.
In a Feb. 4 telephone interview with …
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By MARK PATTISON
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2/14/19
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Lucy Konadu, a parishioner of St. Luke’s in the Bronx, said the annual Black History Month Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral is “special for all black people, no matter what culture, all over the …
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By ARMANDO MACHADO
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2/13/19
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A national pilgrimage of the relic of the incorrupt heart of St. John Vianney, the famed Curé of Ars and patron saint of parish priests, will visit St. Patrick’s Cathedral Saturday and Sunday, …
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2/13/19
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