‘Connect with Jesus’

Apr 14, 2021 | Local

After a year amid the coronavirus pandemic, Bishop Lucia encourages return and renewal Catholic Sun Editor Katherine Long recently sat down for a conversation with Bishop Douglas J. Lucia about Holy Week, the Easter season, and what lies ahead for the diocese on...

Alumnus credits Catholic education on journey toward the priesthood

Apr 14, 2021 | Local

Editor’s note: This article was first published in the Winter 2021 issue of Pillars, a publication of the Catholic Schools Office of the Diocese of Syracuse. Visit https://www.syracusediocese.org/schools/pillars-magazine/ to read or download. By Renée K....

Obituary Sister Ruth Cecilia Dowd, CSJ

Apr 14, 2021 | Local

Sister Ruth Cecilia Dowd, CSJ, 86, died on March 24 at The Grand Rehabilitation and Nursing at Barnwell, Valatie, N.Y. Sister Ruth was born on March 29, 1935, in Seneca Falls, the daughter of Dr. Francis Erwin Dowd and Ruth Cecilia Carroll Dowd. She had been a Sister...

Kings Bay Plowshares protester receives 21-month prison sentence

Apr 14, 2021 | US & World

By Dennis Sadowski | Catholic News Service CLEVELAND (CNS) — A Kings Bay Plowshares participant convicted of federal charges stemming from a 2018 protest at a Georgia naval submarine base received a 21-month prison sentence. U.S. District Judge Lisa Godbey Wood...

Biden announces commission to study potential changes to Supreme Court

Apr 14, 2021 | US & World

By Carol Zimmermann | Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — President Joe Biden signed an executive order April 9 announcing the formation of a commission to look into possible reforms to the Supreme Court, including the idea of expanding the court or...