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When a journalist writes or reports on Haiti, you can be almost certain that somewhere in the story you will hear or read the following: Haiti is the poorest country in the Western... view post
Posted: July 6, 2011 16:56 Comments: 0
While you were stocking up on hotdog buns, beer, and charcoal for the grill over the July 4th holiday weekend, did you ever get that feeling like you were missing something? Well, if... view post
Posted: July 5, 2011 10:14 Comments: 0
A long-awaited change of address has finally come for the Cursillo Movement, Jovenes De Valor, and the Jornada Movement, three popular Hispanic, young adult ministries in the Diocese... view post
Posted: July 5, 2011 10:07 Comments: 4
What's red, white and blue and is a Brooklyn tradition that's been around longer than Nathan's world famous hot dog eating contest? Give up? It's the annual Knights of Columbus... view post
Posted: July 1, 2011 09:41 Comments: 0
If you are of a certain age, you have certainly earned the right to lecture folks on just how things were done back in your day, and that includes America's patriotic holiday... view post
Posted: July 1, 2011 09:37 Comments: 0
Most of us can recite the Pledge of Allegiance as easily as we can rattle off our cell phone numbers. And for those of us who are just as familiar with the words to the nation’s oath... view post
Posted: July 1, 2011 09:26 Comments: 1
An estimated 200 million people have made Twitter their social media networking site of choice.
And earlier this week, Pope Benedict XVI joined the masses, with a touch of a button,... view post
Posted: June 30, 2011 14:04 Comments: 0
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish in Astoria, Queens is the mother church of the borough. One of the oldest churches in Long Island, it’s celebrating its 170th anniversary. And the... view post
Posted: June 30, 2011 13:59 Comments: 1
The vote in the New York State legislature to legalize same-sex marriage resonated outside the state.
One man who weighed in was Bishop Salvatore Cordileone, the chair of the U-S... view post
Posted: June 29, 2011 10:55 Comments: 0
While the island of Haiti has practically fallen off the news media’s radar, the problems in the earthquake battered island-nation have not disappeared. It has been over a year... view post
Posted: June 29, 2011 10:50 Comments: 1
