New York City

St. Patrick’s Day to be largely virtual in NYC for 2nd year
- Mar 17, 2021
A largely virtual St. Patrick’s Day is planned for New York City on Wednesday, one year after the annual parade celebrating Irish heritage became one of the city’s first coronavirus casualties.

By Associated Press
NYC cathedral gunman’s note says he planned to take hostages
- Dec 17, 2020
The man killed by police Sunday after he opened fire on the steps of a landmark New York City cathedral had a note in his pocket that said he had planned to take hostages and use them as leverage to get U.S. aid for Latin America, a law enforcement official said Wednesday.

By Michael R. Sisak
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

Gunman shot by NYC police at Christmas concert at Cathedral of Saint John the Divine
- Dec 14, 2020
A man was fatally shot by police on the steps of a landmark New York City cathedral Sunday after he began firing two semiautomatic handguns at the end of a Christmas choral concert, police said.

By Ted Shaffrey and Mary Esch

Diocese of immigrants hosts sculpture depicting movement of migrants
- Dec 10, 2020
“Angels Unawares,” a replica of the artwork that sits in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, was unveiled Dec. 8 by Brooklyn Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio and placed in front of the diocese’s public Christmas tree at Grand Army Plaza.

By Ed Wilkinson
Parishes grapple with celebrating Christmas during the COVID season
- Dec 8, 2020
Father Thomas Doyle of Good Shepherd Church in Brooklyn wants parishioners to get an authentic Christmas Mass.

By John Lavenburg
Supreme Court rules against NY coronavirus restrictions
- Nov 26, 2020
As coronavirus cases surge again nationwide the Supreme Court late Wednesday barred New York from enforcing certain limits on attendance at churches and synagogues in areas designated as hard hit by the virus.

By Jessica Gresko
New York state says limits on indoor worship aimed at gatherings, not religion
- Nov 20, 2020
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s order limiting the size of a congregation for in-person services at Catholic churches and other houses of worship does not target religious gatherings on “the basis of their beliefs,” but is based on “the documented fact of their COVID-19 super-spreader potential.”

By Catholic News Service