Oct 4, 2017 | 2017, 2017 Archives, Bishop Cunningham, My Place in the Sun, Sun Articles, Sun October 5
The Respect Life Program, sponsored by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, started in 1972 and begins anew each October. While the first Sunday of October is designated as Respect Life Sunday, the program extends throughout the year until the following...
Sep 20, 2017 | 2017 Archives, Bishop Cunningham, My Place in the Sun
By Bishop Robert J. Cunningham As much as I enjoy writing my weekly column for the Catholic Sun there are times when it is difficult to get started. This is one of those times. When I think of celebrations and festivals, the theme for this week’s edition, the first...
Feb 15, 2017 | 2017 Archives, Bishop Cunningham, My Place in the Sun
Sunday, February 12, was a joyous occasion! Married couples from throughout the diocese joined me at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception for the celebration of their jubilees. Gathered at the Eucharist we gave thanks to Almighty God for their example of...
Oct 30, 2018 | Latest news
The Diocese of Syracuse issued the following statement Oct. 30: The Diocese of Syracuse was informed today that it is named and will be served with a lawsuit that in part claims conspiracy among the eight dioceses of New York to conceal names of...
Oct 28, 2018 | Latest news
By Julie Asher | Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — The U.S. Catholic bishops stand with “our brothers and sisters of the Jewish community,” the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said Oct. 27 after a horrific shooting earlier that...
Oct 25, 2018 | Latest news
By Katherine Long | Editor The “pro-life generation” was called to defend life Oct. 18 during the annual Mass for Life, co-sponsored by the diocesan Office of Family/Respect Life Ministry and the Catholic Schools Office. Students from Bishop Grimes in East...
Oct 14, 2018 | Latest news, Pope Francis & Vatican
By Cindy Wooden | Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Carrying Pope Paul VI’s pastoral staff and wearing the blood-stained belt of Archbishop Oscar Romero of San Salvador, Pope Francis formally recognized them, and five others, as saints of the Catholic...
Oct 12, 2018 | Latest news, Pope Francis & Vatican
By Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl as archbishop of Washington but did not name a successor. When the pope’s decision was announced Oct. 12, the Archdiocese of Washington released a...
Oct 10, 2018 | Latest news, Uncategorized
A man who coached track and cross-country athletes at local schools, including Bishop Ludden Jr./Sr. High School in Syracuse, has been arrested on child pornography charges. Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick announced the arrest at a press...
Oct 8, 2018 | Latest news
By Cindy Wooden | Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Former Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick of Washington had been told by Vatican officials to withdraw from public life because of rumors about his sexual misconduct, said Cardinal Marc Ouellet, prefect of the...
Oct 8, 2018 | Latest news
By Junno Arocho Esteves | Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Promising a thorough review of how the Vatican handled allegations of sexual misconduct by former Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, the Vatican acknowledged that what happened may fall short of the...
Oct 8, 2018 | Latest news
By Julie Asher | Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — A Georgetown University associate professor’s tweets that white Republican men should die a “miserable death” for supporting Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination for the Supreme Court is...
Oct 1, 2018 | Latest news, Pope Francis & Vatican
By Cindy Wooden | Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Signaling his belief that the Catholic Church is facing a serious crisis, Pope Francis asked every Catholic in the world to pray for the protection of the church from attacks by the devil, but also that the...
Oct 1, 2018 | Latest news
By Carol Glatz | Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — In response to current scandals, clericalism and the need for reform, Catholic women must take the initiative and make their voices be heard, according to a series of articles in a Vatican magazine. The...
Oct 1, 2018 | Latest news
By Catholic News Service JAKARTA, Indonesia (CNS) — Catholic aid agencies were among those working to assess the needs and get relief to the island of Sulawesi after an earthquake and tsunami left more than 800 people dead. Indonesia’s disaster agency said Oct....
Oct 1, 2018 | Latest news
By Cindy Wooden | Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — To strengthen and support young people in the faith, members of the Synod of Bishops will need to listen to their real-life stories, interpret what they hear in the light of the Gospel and make decisions...
Oct 1, 2018 | Uncategorized
By Cindy Wooden | Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Christians must do more to make sure the media, especially social networks, are places of dialogue and respect for others, rather than instruments for highlighting differences and increasing divisions, said...
Dec 6, 2017 | 2017 Archives, Latest news, US & World
From the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops: As Congress prepares to reconcile the House of Representatives and Senate tax reform bills, Bishop Frank J. Dewane of Venice, Florida, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Domestic...
Dec 5, 2017 | 2017 Archives, Briefs, Local
From our friends at Christ the King: Families at Christ the King Church in the Bayberry area of Liverpool gathered Sunday, December 3, to frost Christmas cookies for the Rescue Mission. Seventy dozen cookies were frosted in all. Following the frosting, our parish took...
Dec 5, 2017 | 2017 Archives, Latest news, US & World
Editor’s note: During Advent, Father Ken Kirkman will be offering weekly reflections at thecatholicsun.com to help us all prepare our hearts and minds during this season of anticipation and hope. This is the second reflection in the series. Read the first here. One of...
