Archdiocese of New York Archives

Winner of America’s highest Catholic award walks her own talk

Mar 29, 2021

On March 14, the University of Notre Dame announced that Carla Harris, the vice chairman of wealth management and a senior client advisor at Morgan Stanley – as well as a gospel singer, speaker and author – will be awarded the 2021 Laetare Medal, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious Catholic award.

By John Lavenburg

Ex-seminarian’s suit against archdiocese, seminary in Rome called baseless

Feb 13, 2021

A former seminarian’s lawsuit filed against the New York Archdiocese, New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan, Pontifical North American College officials and several “John Does” over him not being allowed to return to the NAC is baseless and without merit, according to spokesmen for the archdiocese and the U.S. seminary in Rome.

By Catholic News Service

NY’s Cardinal Dolan quarantining; a contact tested positive

Jan 29, 2021

Cardinal Timothy Dolan is quarantining himself after being in close contact last week with someone who has since tested positive for the coronavirus, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York said Friday.

By Associated Press

Church bells to ring Dec. 30 in honor of 336,000 lives lost to COVID-19

Dec 30, 2020

Churches will ring bells at noon Dec. 30, during the octave of Christmas, to remember and honor the more than 336,000 people who have died in the United States from COVID-19.

By Catholic News Service

New York pastor steps aside after church’s security guard alleges assault

Dec 16, 2020

Father George W. Rutler has stepped aside from his duties as pastor of St. Michael the Archangel Parish in Manhattan after a security guard at the church alleged he sexually assaulted her in his office.

By Catholic New York

Brooklyn bishop says new limits on congregation size ‘outrageous, unfair’

Oct 7, 2020

Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio of Brooklyn called New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s new restrictions on houses of worship “outrageous,” “unfair,” “disrespectful” and an attack on religious freedom.

By Catholic News Service

Catholics decry Cuomo’s ‘broad brush’ order to close schools in ‘hot zones’

Oct 6, 2020

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s order closing all schools in “hot zones” where cases of COVID-19 seem to be increasing is “a broad-brush approach that penalizes all schools, children and families needlessly,” said the New York State Catholic Conference.

By Catholic News Service

Governor orders some NYC schools closed amid virus flare-up; Catholic Church objects

Oct 5, 2020

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday ordered schools in certain New York City neighborhoods closed within a day in an attempt to halt flare-ups of the coronavirus.

By Associated Press