1+ day, 14+ hour ago  (630+ words) HOWARD BEACH " When Father Dominick Dellaporte, pastor of Our Lady of Grace Church, asked parishioner Lindsay Papalardo to lead a new ministry, she jumped at the chance. "He knew I was very devoted to Our Lady of Sorrows, and he…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago  (1464+ words) MIDTOWN MANHATTAN " There is no record of Archbishop John Hughes ever throwing a punch at anyone, but in the mid-1800s, when he was the shepherd for all Catholics in New York, he earned the reputation of a "pugilist." More to the…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago  (553+ words) DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN "Jim Connell is a parishioner of the Oratory Church of the Assumptionof the Blessed Virgin Maryin Brooklyn Heights, but every year onthe Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ, he makes a pilgrimage to the Cathedral Basilica…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago  (578+ words) We invited this oversight because protecting young people and vulnerable persons is a sacred responsibility, and accountability is part of that work," Bishop Robert Brennan said in a statement. We are grateful for the'monitor's careful review and equally committed to…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago  (441+ words) It's probably fair to say that John Paul II began his papacy with an impression of American Catholicism not dissimilar from that of other European intellectuals: The U. S. Church had an enviable network of institutions " ranging from parishes to health care…...

6+ day, 13+ hour ago  (407+ words) On June 6, the Diocese of Brooklyn witnessed a moment of profound grace as Bishop Robert Brennan ordained Paul Zwolak to the priesthood at the Cathedral Basilica of St. James. It was the first priestly ordination held in this historic mother…...

6+ day, 16+ hour ago  (449+ words) In his last encyclical letter, Dilexit Nos: On the Human and Divine Love of the Heart of Jesus Christ, Pope Francis wrote to remind us of the centrality of the Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in the prayer…...

6+ day, 16+ hour ago  (1038+ words) BARCELONA, Spain (OSV News) " Pope Leo XIV blessed the newly completed Tower of Jesus Christ at Barcelona's Sagrada Familiabasilica June 10, inaugurating the crowning spire that makes the iconic church the tallest Catholicchurch the world and urging people to lift their…...

6+ day, 17+ hour ago  (151+ words) by Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski On June 11, during their spring meeting in Orlando, bishops of the United States gathered at the Basilica Shrine of Mary, Queen of the Universe, to consecrate the United States to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus....

1+ week, 16+ hour ago  (661+ words) The'so-called "Glorious Revolution'of 16881689 was'an'overthrow of King James II,'a convert to Catholicism.'This led to a swift crackdown on Catholics in New York,'where in 1700, the colonial government passed an "Act Against Jesuits and Popish Priests.' This law ordered the…...