During a visit to Puerto Rico, administrators from archdiocesan Catholic Charities witnessed sorrow stemming from the devastation caused by the recent earthquakes in communities still recovering from …
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By ARMANDO MACHADO
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2/12/20
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Gospel music resounded throughout St. Patrick’s Cathedral Feb. 2 as an estimated 1,500 black Catholics gathered for the annual Black History Month Mass and the Observance of the National Day of …
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By SOCRATES PALMER JR.
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2/12/20
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A few weeks ago I was finishing a three-year program for spiritual direction at St. Mary of the Lake Seminary in Mundelein, Ill. Since this was a course focused on spirituality much of our time was …
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By FATHER CHRISTOPHER ARGANO
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2/12/20
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Jessica Fernandez, a parishioner of Holy Cross in the Bronx, was among March for Life 2020 participants from the Archdiocese of New York who ventured to the nation’s capital to march for life …
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By ARMANDO MACHADO
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2/5/20
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How often do we hear those “becoming” admonitions? We will become what we eat, so we better pay attention to our nutritional intake. Or we will become what we think about, so we better watch …
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By FATHER BOB PAGLIARI, C.Ss.R., Ph.D.
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1/29/20
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You never know who you are going to encounter when you start making your way into a crowd, especially when it’s as big as the one in Washington, D.C., last Friday, Jan. 24, for the 47th annual …
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By John Woods
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1/29/20
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The Church of the Magdalene parish may be just what parish council president David Impastato told CNY: “A hidden gem.”
“It’s a wonderful community of people,” said …
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By DAN PIETRAFESA
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1/29/20
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Abigail Sorenson said she no longer feels alone in her mission against abortion. The 14-year-old parishioner of Most Holy Trinity in West Point was one of 20 people from Capuchin Youth & Family …
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By DAN PIETRAFESA
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1/29/20
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Blackfriars Repertory Theatre and the Storm Theatre will present a new production of Buzz McLaughlin’s drama “Sister Calling My Name” at the Black Box Theater of the Sheen Center …
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1/15/20
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Cardinal Dolan will be the principal celebrant and homilist of the annual Black History Month Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral Sunday, Feb. 2, at 2 p.m.
The Mass will also serve as …
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1/15/20
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Dr. James T. Carroll, a history professor at Iona College, assumed the presidency of the American Catholic Historical Association during the association’s 100th annual conference in Manhattan. …
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By ARMANDO MACHADO
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1/15/20
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Stella O’Brien, a senior who serves as student council president, has called St. Joseph Hill Academy on Staten Island her “home away from home” since she was a 4-year-old …
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By CHRISTIE L. CHICOINE
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1/15/20
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Worshipping the Lord as the Three Kings did involves making a journey “from the greatest form of bondage: slavery to oneself,” Pope Francis said on the feast of the Epiphany.
To …
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By CINDY WOODEN
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1/7/20
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It was a birthday party for the ages, as the Paulist Fathers celebrated the bicentennial of the birth of their founder, Servant of God Father Isaac Hecker, C.S.P.
Father Eric Andrews, C.S.P., …
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By JOHN WOODS
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12/31/19
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Most newborns come into the world topsy-turvy; literally downside-up. Although members of the medical staff are quick to upright all infants' orientation as soon as they're delivered, for …
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By FATHER BOB PAGLIARI, C.Ss.R., Ph.D.
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12/31/19
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It seems sometimes that we are surrounded by bad news. There are so many depressing stories at home and abroad that it can appear we are living in dark times. Additionally, each new report that comes …
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By FATHER CHRISTOPHER ARGANO
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12/31/19
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Pope Francis prayed that people all over the world would end 2019 “in peace, peace in their hearts,” and that families would mark New Year’s by “communicating with one …
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By CINDY WOODEN
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12/31/19
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The Trump administration Dec. 20 finalized a rule requiring health insurers to send customers a bill for coverage of an elective abortion that is separate from their premium for health care …
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By JULIE ASHER
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12/31/19
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Two Texas Catholic bishops offered words of condolence and prayers to the members and families of the victims of a church shooting in which two worshippers were killed.
Archbishop Gustavo …
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12/31/19
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The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Catholic Education Committee applauded the recent decision by Congress to reauthorize scholarship legislation that includes a federal education voucher for …
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12/31/19
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