John Lavenburg

The anti-Catholic views of the earliest settlers informed the anti-Catholic undercurrents that have existed throughout the nation’s history.

With three knocks on the doors of St. Patrick’s Cathedral with a metal hammer, the installation Mass of Archbishop Ronald Hicks will begin.

For 28 years, the Diocese of Palm Beach, Florida, has been led by a bishop with either past or eventual ties to the Diocese of Brooklyn.

Pope Leo XIV has tapped Bishop Ronald Hicks of Joliet, Illinois, to replace Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York.

On the feast day of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, the Catholic bishops of New York state called for the nation to lean on the idea of Christian charity, “as lived so powerfully by Mother Cabrini,” on the issue of immigration.

Eliza Monroe Hay’s casket get lowered into the grave next to her father’s — fifth U.S. President James Monroe.

As the Diocese of Brooklyn sees an increase in people converting to the Catholic faith year over year, Father Joseph Gibino said the fruit of the Synod on Synodality is essential to maintaining the momentum.  

With Gov. Kathy Hochul acknowledging she has yet to decide on how she will act on assisted suicide legislation that passed the state legislature in June, Bishop Robert Brennan is calling on Catholics to make their voices heard.  

The commissioner of an intramural basketball program run out of Our Lady of Grace Parish was arrested for admittedly paying teenage boys to perform in pornographic videos and then selling them, federal prosecutors said in a Sept. 25 criminal complaint.

The Archdiocese of San Francisco has launched the Center for Sainthood Studies at St. Patrick’s Seminary, the first of its kind in the U.S., to guide clergy and laity in advancing sainthood causes, preserve archives, and foster deeper understanding of the canonization process.