Churches aren’t just beautiful buildings that uplift New York. The good work they do helps the city’s spirit, its soul, its sustenance. Long may the city’s Catholic Church, and its churches ...

The holy hour felt like what we hope the church to be. With studies showing that young, urban people are leaving the Catholic Church ... the bustling scene of New York City together with the ...

Reflecting on the Mass reading from the Book ... New York City with the Blessed Sacrament on Oct. 10, 2023. Credit: Jeffrey Bruno Jonah McKeown is a staff writer and podcast producer for Catholic ...

On May 8, the day Pope Leo XIV was elected as our new Holy Father, he told the faithful, “Today is the day of the Prayer of ...

Recently I was informed that a Catholic consecrated person who is a member of an ecclesial movement officiated at a wedding on the streets of New York City ... scandal to the Church through ...

Two major Catholic news operations in the city ... church’s controversies from organizations that know them best and diminished clout for some of the church’s more liberal voices. Catholic New ...

When Jim Hanlon, a gay New York ... into the Catholic Church. In June 1994, both the Gay Catholics ministry and the Catholic Lesbians ministry first took part in the New York City Pride Parade ...

The reasons behind New York City’s Catholic school ... Without new thinking in the Catholic school community and enlightened political action, New York will become a less family-friendly state and the ...

The Catholic Archdiocese of New York put the property on the market ... As membership in churches has waned in the city, long-standing institutions are being forced to make difficult decisions ...

Inside the Roman Catholic Shrine and Parish Church of The Holy Innocents in Manhattan, one of a handful of churches in New York City which still conduct traditional Latin Mass services.

VATICAN CITY (RNS ... of Ireland), is one of many related with relish by Catholic editor and writer Michael J. Lichens in his new book, “Weird Catholic Handbook.” Drawing from a wide ...

So read the headline of a New York Times report ... introduces the book as “an investigative history of the modern Roman Catholic Church.” The topics are familiar—disputes over sexual ...