Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio Archives

With political will, countries can meet needs of refugees, speakers say

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Oct 21, 2019

The plight of the world’s refugees will be solved by politics, not by appeals to conscience or awareness of the tremendous scope of the issue, said speakers at an Oct. 17 New York symposium on migration.

Gov. Cuomo pledges ‘full support’ for public statue of Mother Cabrini

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Oct 17, 2019

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has announced the formation of a “state commission” to work with the Columbus Citizens Foundation and the Diocese of Brooklyn, among others, to fund creation of a statue of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini and find a site for it.

Italian Americans, others call for New York to honor saint with statue

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Oct 10, 2019

The outrage over the snubbing of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini by New York City first lady Chirlane McCray’s She Built NYC commission culminated in a march and Mass Oct. 6 to support a public statue of Mother Cabrini, as the patron saint of immigrants is best known.

Brooklyn bishop tapped to head probe into troubled Buffalo diocese

Interviews
Oct 3, 2019

Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio of Brooklyn has been appointed by the Vatican to conduct an investigation of the troubled Buffalo diocese in New York, where Bishop Richard Malone faces accusations of covering up sexual abuse by priests.

Retired Auxiliary Bishop Valero of Brooklyn dies at age 88

Catholic News Service, Obituary
Mar 16, 2019

Retired Auxiliary Bishop Rene A. Valero of Brooklyn, the diocese’s first bishop of Hispanic heritage, died March 10 at the Long Island Jewish Medical Center. He was 88.