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Are Gen Zers really coming back to church? In N.J. it depends where you look.
4+ hour, 21+ min ago (1023+ words) On a recent weeknight at Kean University, Lucia Pasternak realized she may have underestimated the crowd. Students filed into the room for Bible study, scanning for copies of Scripture and places to sit. And more kept arriving. Pasternak eventually had…...
Newark Archdiocese to host Ghanaian archbishop for Black History Month Mass
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (472+ words) The Archdioces of Newark will host its annual Black History Month Mass on Sunday, given by Archbishop Charles G. Palmer-Buckle of the Archdiocese of Cape Coast in Ghana. Palmer-Buckle will serve as a guest homilist, or visiting cleric delivering a sermon,…...
Truman won and Babe Ruth said goodbye. All this happened the year this N.J. priest, now 104, was ordained.
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (355+ words) Monsignor James C. Turro was born four days after the death of a pope, became a Catholic priest three years after World War II ended and continues to occasionally preside at Mass in his Bergen County parish. He turned 104 on Jan....
N.J. church deletes controversial video showing Jewish man next to devil
1+ week, 6+ day ago (366+ words) A Christian church in Passaic County has deleted an online video of its Christmas pageant, which portrayed an Orthodox Jewish character dancing while holding a bag of money alongside a red-faced character bearing horns. The Jan. 11 performance at St. Mary…...
Clergy holds Christmas vigil at ICE detention center in Newark after detainee’s death
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (671+ words) Faith Leaders Launch a Christmas Vigil at Delaney Hall An interfaith group of men and women of the cloth led a Christmas week vigil at the Delaney Hall immigrant detention center in Newark on Monday, asking ICE and its private…...
Pope picks N.J. bishop to take over troubled Catholic archdiocese 1,300 miles away
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (474+ words) The head of a diocese serving Catholics in four New Jersey counties has been appointed by Pope Leo XIV to succeed the archbishop of New Orleans amid a bankruptcy and sexual abuse settlement. The appointment comes two weeks after the…...
Pope Leo meets LGBTQ+ Catholic advocate and vows continuity with Pope Francis’ legacy of welcome
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (656+ words) VATICAN CITY " Pope Leo XIV met Monday with one of the most prominent advocates for greater LGBTQ+ inclusion in the Catholic Church and encouraged his ministry, sending a strong signal of welcome in the early months of his pontificate. The…...
Alaska Native woman, ‘everybody’s helper,’ is Orthodox church’s first female North American saint
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (1179+ words) This image provided by the Diocese of Sitka and Alaska in June 2025 shows the official icon of St. Olga of Kwethluk, Matushka of All Alaska. (Diocese of Sitka and Alaska via AP)AP The Yup'ik woman became known in church…...
Who is Pope Leo XIV? 5 things to know about the first American-born pope
9+ mon, 3+ day ago (241+ words) Pope Leo XIV, who was born in Chicago, was recently selected as the first American-born pope after white smoke billowed from the Vatican following a two-day conclave. The 69-year-old newly elected pontiff appeared on the balcony and said, "Peace be…...
Mass for Pope Francis
9+ mon, 2+ week ago (41+ words) Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin celebrates a mass for the repose of the soul of Pope Francis at the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark, NJ on Tuesday, April 22, 2025Get Photo. Mass for Pope Francis Mass for Pope Francis...