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National News Bishop DiMarzio Calls Laken Riley Act a Step Backward for Immigration Policies. When the federal government increased its deportation efforts in the mid-1970s, Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio, then a priest in the Archdiocese of Newark, recalls the harm it caused by forcing many undocumented immigrants into situations that led to injury, even death.
Understanding the Jubilee and Its Roots From the Bible
Oct 30, 2024 · 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 ...
Obituaries, Week of December 21 2024 - The Tablet
Dec 18, 2024 · Father Daniel S. Murphy, a retired priest of the Diocese of Brooklyn, was born on Oct. 27, 1944, in New York, was ordained to the priesthood on May 30, 1970, and died on Dec. 12.He was 80. Father Murphy served the Diocese of Brooklyn as pastor of St. Saviour (Park Slope), Holy Child Jesus (Richmond Hill), and St. Andrew the Apostle (Bay Ridge).
Understanding the True Kingship of Jesus - The Tablet
Nov 21, 2024 · 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.
Obituaries Archives - The Tablet
Dec 4, 2024 · Sister Agnes Marie of the Child Jesus, Sister Francis Mary Clark
Researchers’ Study Contends Shroud of Turin Actually Dates to the …
Aug 22, 2024 · 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 ...
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Jesus: The Reason For the Season - The Tablet
Dec 4, 2024 · As we pulled out the Thanksgiving leftovers for a weekend meal, we found ourselves preparing to celebrate the first Sunday of Advent. As much of 2024 time seems to be accelerated at a far quicker pace than years past, we need to set aside some time for personal reflection of the reason for the season.
Pope, Holy Land Leaders Call for Oct. 7 to Be Day of Prayer, …
Oct 4, 2024 · With the war in Gaza morphing into a full-blown regional conflict as the first anniversary of hostilities approaches, the Church’s leading voice in the Holy Land has called on believers to observe an Oct. 7 day of prayer and fasting for peace.
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It’s one of the most unlikely friendships you can imagine, and the way it came about is just as surreal. A retired Brooklyn priest and a president of the United States struck up a relationship because the clergyman took an interest in the president’s family gravesite.