Parents ask Francis to urge Argentine president to reopen schools
- May 13, 2021
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At 105, Catholic woman beats COVID-19 with a lot of faith and a little gin
- Apr 6, 2021
Lucia DeClerck has survived the 1918 influenza pandemic, two world wars, the loss of three husbands, one son and many of her physicians. Recently added to the list: COVID-19, which she tested positive for on her 105th birthday.
Artist calls painting portrait of pope ‘a spiritually rewarding experience’
- Mar 28, 2021
As a boy who was constantly filling his notebooks with drawings, George Perez told his father, “My dream is to have my artwork in a museum.”
Bishop: Reports of women prisoners being abused are ‘disgusting, shameful’
- Feb 26, 2021
The women housed at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility in Clinton, the only women’s prison in the state of New Jersey, seem to have the cards stacked against them.
New Jersey parishes find creative new ways to engage Catholics this Christmas
- Dec 23, 2020
Tickets for Masses, virtual holiday concerts, video Christmas cards, and drive-by Nativity scenes: It’s beginning to look a lot like a different sort of Christmas.
N.J. bishops’ letters helped pave way for McCarrick, led to lack of trust
- Nov 13, 2020
When the papal nuncio to the United States was asked to investigate rumors about Theodore E. McCarrick’s sexual activities, he consulted the bishops who had lived in close contact with, or lived in close quarters with the archbishop, on the theory that they would be the people most likely to hear or know something of substance.
Mourners honor life of Daniel Anderl, celebrate his ‘gift of faith’
- Sep 29, 2020
A lifelong Catholic and the only child of U.S. District Judge Esther Salas and defense attorney Mark Anderl, Daniel Anderl gave his life to protect his mother and father, taking the shooter’s first bullet directly to the chest, when a man holding a package on their front door step opened fire into the family’s home on July 19.
New Jersey priest arrested, charged with sexual misconduct
- Aug 19, 2020
A Catholic priest serving the Newark area was arrested and is facing two charges related to sexually harassing an adult, police said.
Metuchen bishop says Catholics must remain anchored in respect for all life
- Aug 15, 2020
More than a year after the Medical Aid in Dying for the Terminally Ill Act took effect in New Jersey, Catholics in the Metuchen Diocese continue to oppose the law, which allows terminally ill state residents to end their lives.
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