Sport has gradually displaced traditional religion on a functional level. Today, many spend their Sundays with sport rather ...

As a teenager, Peter Achermann left war-torn Europe and made a fresh start in the U.S. He had written he hoped for a peaceful ...

Born in Rochester, NY, she was the daughter of the late Vincent ... At St. Bede the Venerable parish in Holland, PA, she served as a Eucharistic minister, catechist, and prayer group member.

Rockville Centre became the first diocese in New York with a confirmed reorganization plan, providing a potential blueprint for dioceses in Buffalo, Rochester, Ogdensburg and Albany. It also was ...

“There’s nothing like it,” Holly Peterson, one of the New York Encounter ... on the Catholic Church’s stance on immigration, a witness to “stories of life and hope in the Holy Land ...

ROCHESTER — Whether it’s been through a diocesan event, national march or parish initiative ... Since abortion remains legal in New York state, “That’s where our efforts and prayers need to be at the ...

Two young men from Italy to be canonized this year still prove that holiness is not just for saints, according to a panel ...

This fun and moving peek into the life of New York City ... the next Holy Father. What follows is a thrilling and masterfully crafted story about politics, about the Catholic church, and about ...

He posted this in reply to criticism over statements he made in a Fox News interview: “You love your family, and then you love your ... The modern catechism of the Catholic Church briefly refers to ...

A Deitchman Family Lecture on Religion and Modernity. From the end of the nineteenth century into the early twentieth, Irish Americans opened doors for Jewish immigrants and other newcomers to the ...

Ronald McDonald House Charities of Rochester is expanding its impact with new healthcare initiatives, including mental health ...