Pope Francis established the fourth Sunday of July as the annual World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly. Bishop John Barres, of the Diocese of Rockville Centre, commissioned the Office of …
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7/28/21
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Five and a half years ago, Monsignor Richard Figliozzi invited the Pope Francis Hospitality Center to operate a food pantry and soup kitchen out of the former St. Vincent de Paul School in Elmont. …
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By Melissa Koenig
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9/26/19
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The leader of Long Island’s Catholics recently supported the need to “aggressively uproot this scourge and expression of a culture of death of clergy sexual abuse” following allegations that have reached the Vatican.
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By Ben Strack
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9/6/18
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Expressing his desire to bring together a diverse community and spread the mission of the Catholic Church, Bishop John Barres was introduced as the fifth bishop of the Rockville Centre Diocese at the …
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By Brian Kacharaba
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12/9/16
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Last week, Molloy College welcomed Cardinal Peter Turkson, president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, who gave a talk focusing on Pope Francis’s encyclical about the environment.
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By Alex Costello
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3/2/16
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As Santa was presumably returning to the North Pole in the early-morning hours of Dec. 26, Richard Romani, 42, was already awake, and getting ready for the day ahead.
He was careful not to wake …
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By Steve Smirti
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12/31/15
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It had been an hour since the sun rose in Elmont, but the normally vacant parking lot of the St. Vincent De Paul Elementary School in Elmont was quickly filling up. The halls of the school have not …
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By Steve Smirti
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11/19/15
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Two staff members at Long Beach Catholic Regional School were granted the chance of a lifetime last week when Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky presented the school with four tickets to attend Pope …
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By Matthew Ern
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10/1/15
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Few people can command great audiences no matter where in the world they travel. People who get to meet them often come away feeling as though they have been in the presence of someone special, …
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By Barbra Rubin-Perry
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9/30/15
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Some lucky Rockville Centre residents got the opportunity to see Pope Francis during his brief visit to New York last week.
Two students and two staff members from Molloy College won tickets to …
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By Alex Costello
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9/30/15
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