1+ hour, 28+ min ago  (706+ words) All told, there has been a Catholic presence in the United States for more than 400 years. It began with Spanish explorers who settled in Florida, and Tlaxcalan Indians who came over from Mexico and settled in New Mexico. Then there…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (669+ words) CHELSEA " Auxiliary Bishop James Massa said he first encountered the witness of Blessed Franz J'gerst'tter as a student at Boston College, when he met Gordon Zahn, author of "In Solitary Witness," which details the life and death of the Austrian…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago  (539+ words) As the Holy Year of Hope drew to its close on Jan. 6, the faithful of the Diocese of Brooklyn stood at a pivotal threshold." " This Jubilee Year, proclaimed by Pope Francis as a time of pilgrimage, mercy, and renewal, has…...

9+ mon, 2+ week ago  (494+ words) As the Diocese of Brooklyn opened its school doors this past week, it started with great hope. However, the start of school was punctuated by the tragic shooting in Minneapolis during an opening-day Mass for Annunciation Catholic School." Two elementary…...

11+ mon, 1+ hour ago  (448+ words) by Father James Rodriguez God really loves us. It's a statement used so often as to perhaps sound trite, but it is deeply true. Abraham learns this lesson through his negotiation in today's first reading, seemingly haggling for God's mercy....