Cardinal Joseph Tobin Archives

Cardinal Tobin invites faithful to ‘return to grace’ through the Eucharist

Mar 6, 2021

Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin has invited the faithful of the Archdiocese of Newark to reflect on how the pandemic-induced “Great Eucharistic Fast” has affected their faith life and called on them to spiritually prepare for the eventual return of in-person worship when it can be done safely.

By Catholic News Service

St. Joseph’s Day can have its cake — and meat with it too

Mar 6, 2021

St. Patrick’s Day has its corned beef and cabbage and St. Joseph’s Day has zeppoles — Italian cream-filled doughnuts.

By Carol Zimmermann

Pope taps Newark cardinal as member of Congregation for Bishops

Mar 4, 2021

Pope Francis has named Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin of Newark, New Jersey, a member of the Congregation for Bishops, the office that advises the pope on the nomination of bishops around the world.

By Carol Glatz

Blessed McGivney: Model parish priest with ‘zeal’ for Gospel, for serving faithful

Nov 1, 2020

Blessed Michael J. McGivney was “an outstanding witness of Christian solidarity and fraternal assistance” because of his “zeal” for proclaiming the Gospel and his “generous concern for his brothers and sisters,” Pope Francis said in his apostolic letter of beatification of the founder of the Knights of Columbus.

By Julie Asher

New appointees to Francis’s financial powerhouse signal progress of women

Aug 7, 2020

The recent appointment of six women to the Vatican’s chief financial body has been praised as a significant stride in Pope Francis’s consistent insistence that more women are needed in leadership roles.

By Elise Ann Allen

Citing COVID-19 economic toll, Newark closing five schools, merging three

Aug 6, 2020

Citing the toll COVID-19 is taking on school enrollments and finances, the Archdiocese of Newark’s Office of Schools announced Aug. 4 that five elementary schools will not reopen this fall and three elementary schools will consolidate with nearby school communities.

By Catholic News Service

New Jersey cardinal asks Trump to grant clemency to federal death-row inmate

Jul 10, 2020

Federal death-row inmate Dustin Lee Honken was convicted of “heinous” crimes but killing him “will do nothing to restore justice or heal those still burdened by these crimes,” Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin said in a July 9 letter to President Donald Trump.

By Catholic News Service

Prelates condemn Floyd murder, ‘evil’ of racism, call for action

Jun 5, 2020

Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin of Newark, New Jersey, condemned the Memorial Day killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis and warned the country must “leave behind the purveyors of polarization” in politics.

By Catholic News Service