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by bcadmin | Jun 24, 2022 | Church in the US, Congress, Gun control, lead, New York, News, Supreme Court, USCCB | 0 |
In a June 23 letter to Congress four U.S. Bishop Conference chairmen commended the Senate for passing the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act regarding gun violence, and urged them to continue to work together to “confront a culture of violence.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 8, 2022 | Arson, Associated Press, Church in the US, New York, News, the pro-life movement | 0 |
Police are investigating a fire at a pro-life reproductive health center early Tuesday as arson.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 24, 2022 | Buffalo, Buffalo shooting, Buffalo shooting victims, Franciscan parish, New York, News, Racism, Shooting, U.S. & World News | 0 |
From a Franciscan parish in a city where one of the victims once lived to a border city that experienced a similar mass shooting, Catholics around the nation have gathered to remember those gunned down May 14 in Buffalo, New York, and are praying for an end to violence and racism.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 19, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Diocese of Buffalo, mass shooting, New York, News, Racism | 0 |
Bishop Michael W. Fisher of Buffalo joined mourners outside a Tops grocery store where 10 people were killed and three others were injured in what law enforcement authorities said was a racially motivated crime.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 16, 2022 | Catholic bishops, Dobbs, Featured, New York, News, Pro-life outreach, U.S. & World News | 0 |
The Catholic bishops of New York state said May 12 that regardless of what the U.S. Supreme Court decides about Roe v. Wade in its final ruling on the Dobbs case from Mississippi, “abortion in New York would continue unfettered.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 16, 2022 | Buffalo, Featured, mass shooting, New York, News, Racially motivated shooting, U.S. & World News | 0 |
Several U.S. Catholic bishops expressed sorrow and called out racism and gun violence after reports of a May 14 mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, that left at least three injured and 10 dead — a crime authorities categorized as likely motivated by hatred for Black people.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 13, 2022 | Abortion, Church in the US, lead, New York, New York State Catholic Conference, News, the pro-life movement | 0 |
In a reminder to New York Catholics that abortion access will likely go unfettered in the state regardless of federal rulings, the state’s bishops are calling on the faithful to advocate with charity, sensitivity and clarity.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 25, 2022 | Associated Press, Church in the US, clerical sexual abuse, Diocese of Albany, New York, News | 0 |
A recent court ruling has opened the door to the release of psychological treatment records of priests in the Catholic Diocese of Albany accused of child sexual abuse.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 30, 2022 | Brooklyn, Lock cutters, Mount Tabor, Msgr. William Bilinsky, New York, News, U.S. & World News, Ukrainian church | 0 |
Among the Mount Tabor experiences of his 57 years as a priest, Msgr. William Bilinsky, now 82, remembers the lock cutters.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 3, 2022 | Cardinal Dolan, Featured, New York, New York City, News, Officer Wilbert Mora, St. Patrick's Cathedral, U.S. & World News | 0 |
In emotional remarks Feb. 2 at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, the sister of slain Officer Wilbert Mora paid tribute to her brother and his late partner, Officer Jason Rivera, but also decried the “violence and crime” taking the lives of police as they try to protect the citizenry.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 3, 2022 | Already/Not Yet, Egypt, New York, New York City, News, Nietzsche, The New York Encounter | 0 |
One of my favorite Catholic events takes place this month: the New York Encounter, Feb. 18-20.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 30, 2022 | catechists, Catholic education, Catholic News Service, Catholic parishes, Catholic Schools, Catholic Schools Week, Church in the US, Diocese of Brooklyn, Identity, New York, News, Teachers | 0 |
Linda Mele Dougherty said she is old enough to remember when many Catholics identified where they lived by their parish affiliation.
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