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New York extends time period to file civil lawsuits in sex abuse cases
- May 11, 2020
New York has extended its window for abuse victims to bring a lawsuit.

By Christopher White
New York’s religious leaders finding God at virus’s American epicenter
- Apr 10, 2020
With Passover and Easter just around the corner, leaders from New York City’s Catholic and Jewish communities expressed their mutual conviction that God is present in their people’s suffering and warned about complacency in Catholic-Jewish relations.

By Nick Mayrand
It’s quiet time for New Rochelle, N.Y., parish on edge of containment area
- Mar 15, 2020
The arrival of the National Guard was a palpable sign that life has changed at Holy Family in New Rochelle, New York. The church is one block outside a state-mandated “containment area” established to fight the spread of COVID-19.

By Beth Griffin

Buffalo Diocese seeks bankruptcy protection
- Feb 28, 2020
The embattled Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo filed for bankruptcy protection Friday, taking another major step in its effort to recover from a clergy misconduct scandal that‘s been the basis for hundreds of lawsuits, Vatican intervention and the resignation of its bishop.

By Carolyn Thompson
Catholic school enrollment drops by half since 2000-01 in New York State
- Feb 21, 2020
Enrollment in Catholic schools has decreased by 49 percent since 2000-01 in the state of New York, according to a new report released on Wednesday.

By Nick Mayrand
NY governor says he’ll try again to legalize paid surrogacy; plan opposed by bishops
- Jan 2, 2020
Prospective parents in New York could enter into paid surrogacy contracts under a proposal that the governor says he’ll try to pass again in 2020.

By Marina Villeneuve

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