Dr. Scott Goldstein hopes this weekend is an uneventful one for him when Pope Francis visits Philadelphia on Saturday, the final leg of his highly anticipated and historic trip to the U.S., preceded by stops in Washington and New York City.
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By David Weingrad
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9/23/15
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Catholics from across New York will swarm New York City on Thursday and Friday, hoping to catch a glimpse of Pope Francis as he makes his first visit to the U.S. But five lucky people from Molloy …
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By Alex Costello
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9/23/15
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Whether they will get to see Pope Francis during his visit to New York this week or not, local Catholics are excited that their spiritual leader will be so close.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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9/23/15
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Pope Francis has arrived in New York and will have a full schedule of events across the city on Friday, Sept. 25, including an evening Mass at Madison Square Garden. The LIRR …
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9/22/15
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While I was in the Senate, I voted, in support of President Reagan, for the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 . . .
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8/26/15
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U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer announced that his office will be conducting a statewide lottery for one ticket to the Joint Meeting of Congress with His Holiness, Pope Francis, on Sept. 24, …
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8/20/15
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U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer announced that his office will be conducting a statewide lottery for one ticket to the Joint Meeting of Congress with His Holiness Pope Francis of the Holy See on …
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8/19/15
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Pope Francis’s recent encyclical, Laudato si’, calls for recognition of human activity’s negative impact on the environment and fundamental changes in our thinking and behavior to correct it, …
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By Micah Danney
mdanney@liherald.com
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7/22/15
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Pope Francis issued an encyclical last month that focuses on our responsibility for and connections to the environment and the poor. I’ve only read the first half of “Laudato Si’" . . .
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7/1/15
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There’s a wonderful story about St. Francis of Assisi, the 13th-century champion of the poor, after whom the Roman Catholic Church’s current pope is named. St. Francis, it is said, would stop in his tracks if he . . .
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6/25/15
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