National News First-Time March Participant ‘Finally Put Action to the Faith’ Arriving in the nation’s capital on a Diocese of Brooklyn bus around 11 a.m., Joseph Monahan participated in the March for Life for the first time on Jan. 24.

2024年10月30日 · A Holy Year, or jubilee, is a “great religious event” in the Catholic tradition, according to the Vatican. The Holy See describes it as one of “forgiveness of sins and also punishment due to sin … reconciliation between adversaries, of conversion and receiving the Sacrament of Reconciliation, and consequently of solidarity, hope, justice, commitment to serve God with joy and in peace ...

2025年1月8日 · Msgr. John J. Gildea, a retired priest from the Diocese of Brooklyn, died on Dec. 28 at the age of 84.He was born on June 2, 1940, and ordained a priest on May 28, 1966. Msgr. Gildea served the Diocese of Brooklyn as parochial vicar for the parishes of St. Bartholomew (Elmhurst), St. Martin of Tours (Brooklyn), St. Pius X (Rosedale), Blessed Sacrament (Jackson Heights), St. Matthew (Brooklyn ...

2024年12月20日 · Ceiling of Basilica National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington DC. (Photo: Getty Images) By Gina Christian (OSV News) — The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, the nation’s patronal church, has been named a special place of pilgrimage for the Catholic Church’s Jubilee Year 2025, the theme for which is “Pilgrims of Hope.”

2024年8月22日 · Bill Lauto, a Long Island-based environmental scientist, wants the world to rethink enduring beliefs that the Shroud of Turin is a fraud concocted by medieval hoaxers. And now, a team of Italian researchers who conducted dating work on a sample of the Shroud of Turin, the linen cloth believed by some to have been Jesus Christ’s burial shroud, have confirmed the relic can be traced back ...

2025年1月15日 · Sister Agnes Marie of the Child Jesus, 87, a member of the Daughters of Wisdom for 67 years, died Jan. 5.Born in Brooklyn, Sister Agnes (Patricia Anne) Bracken was baptized by her granduncle, Msgr. Lawrence H. Bracken, at …

2024年11月20日 · Sister Noreen Carroll, OP, was welcomed into eternal life on Oct. 26 by the God she loved and served so well.Sister. Noreen was 85 years old and had been an Amityville Dominican for 67 years. Kiernan and Bridget (O’Brien) Carroll were born in Ireland and raised Noreen and her brothers Joseph and Kevin in St. Matthew’s parish in Brooklyn.

2025年1月2日 · Pope Francis was "deeply saddened" to learn of deaths and injuries caused by the attack in New Orleans on New Year's Day, which killed 15 people.

2024年12月14日 · Sister Margaret Mary Flanagan, OP (Sister Marie Thomasine, OP), Sister Joan Lucie Roccasalvo (formerly Sister Regina Consuelo)

2024年11月21日 · Today is the last Sunday of the liturgical year. It is on this Sunday that the Church celebrates the Solemnity of Christ, King of the Universe. It is one of my favorite solemnities. The Church gives us this powerful image of Christ as King, ruling over all the earth.