Recognizing “the gifts of each baptized person”—women and men—Pope Francis ordered a change to canon law and liturgical norms so that women could be formally installed as lectors and acolytes.
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By CINDY WOODEN
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1/12/21
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Bishop Paul Hinder, O.F.M. Cap., apostolic vicar of Southern Arabia, recalled as “extraordinary” the history made in February in Abu Dhabi when Pope Francis and Egyptian Sheikh Ahmad el-Tayeb, …
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By CHRISTIE L. CHICOINE
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9/20/19
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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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One of the interesting aspects of vocation work is the amount of traveling that is part of this ministry. It has afforded me the opportunity to visit many new places and to meet a diverse group of …
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By FATHER CHRISTOPHER ARGANO
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7/31/19
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La misa el 15 de diciembre fue celebrado por el obispo Oswaldo Vintimilla del Diócesis de Azogues, Ecuador.
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12/18/19
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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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Our Catholic faith encourages us to praise, to admire, and above all to try our best to imitate the great saints and souls who have gone before us. November 1 and 2 are two days of the year when we …
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By FATHER BOB PAGLIARI, C.Ss.R., Ph.D.
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10/29/19
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Matthew Fulton’s first evening as a Manhattan resident was spent with Cardinal Dolan and fellow young adults preparing for the coming of Christ at the Young Adult Mass at St. Patrick’s …
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By DAN PIETRAFESA
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12/18/19
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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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A pullout section inside this issue contains stories and photos as well as myriad short profiles of men and women religious serving in the Archdiocese of New York who are marking significant …
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By JOHN WOODS
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11/6/19
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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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We can open the church now that the Mass is over.” Those words this past Sunday filled me with not only a deep sadness but also just seemed so antithetical to everything that the Mass, the …
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By FATHER CHRISTOPHER ARGANO
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4/8/20
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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 New York State Supreme Court’s Appellate Division ruled 5-0 that the remains of Archbishop Fulton Sheen should be transferred from New York to the Peoria Diocese.
In response to the March 5 …
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3/13/19
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At the heart of any vocation to the priesthood should be the desire to bring Jesus to the people. Our ministry and ordination puts us in the unique and privileged position of bringing the Good …
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By FATHER CHRISTOPHER ARGANO
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11/6/19
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Father Thomas Colucci has been appointed administrator of Most Precious Blood parish in Walden, and two other priests, Father Cyprian Onyeihe and Father José Félix Ortega de La Fuente, …
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3/13/19
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Over the last three years I have been going out to Mundelein Seminary in Chicago taking classes in spiritual direction. This nine-week program, spread out over three years is facilitated by the …
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By FATHER CHRISTOPHER ARGANO
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6/6/19
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After the Mass of Ordination of Bishops Dec. 10 at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, CNY caught up with Auxiliary Bishop Edmund Whalen’s two older brothers, Michael and Kevin, who were in a front …
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12/18/19
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St. John-Visitation parish in the Bronx will hold a Lenten day of recollection and a Mass to mark the 39th anniversary of the martyrdom of St. Oscar Romero.
St. Oscar Romero, archbishop of San …
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3/13/19
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