Dec 29, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Sun March 12, 2015
By Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — Four nationally circulated Catholic publications called for abolishing the death penalty in the United States in a jointly published editorial. America, National Catholic Register, National Catholic Reporter and Our Sunday...
Mar 10, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Sun March 12, 2015
NEW YORK (CNS) — Cardinal Edward M. Egan, who retired as archbishop of New York in 2009, died March 5. The cause of death was cardiac arrest. He was 82. After collapsing at his residence that afternoon, he was taken to NYU Langone Medical Center, where doctors...
Mar 10, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Sun March 12, 2015
CAZENOVIA — St. James Parish in Cazenovia is fortunate to have Director of Youth Ministry Sister Rose Casaleno, CSJ, on board. With a long history of working with youth, both as a behavioral health therapist and as a youth minister, Sister Rose brings a wealth of...
Mar 10, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Sun March 12, 2015
In honor of National Catholic Sisters Week March 8-14, and in conjunction with the Year of Consecrated Life, the Sun asked readers to submit personal reflections on how a special sister influenced his/her life. The response was so overwhelming that we chose to create...
Mar 8, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Sun March 12, 2015
Teens attend annual Syracuse Catholic Youth Conference Hundreds of teens from throughout the Diocese of Syracuse gathered at Bishop Grimes Jr./Sr. High School in East Syracuse on Saturday, March 7 for the 2015 “Race 4 the Cross” youth rally, focused on faith,...
Mar 10, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Sun March 12, 2015
NEW YORK (CNS) — At his funeral Mass March 10 in New York’s splendid St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Cardinal Edward M. Egan was remembered as a churchman whose faith in Jesus Christ outshone even his considerable temporal qualities. Cardinal Egan died...
Mar 11, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Sun March 12, 2015
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — When Pope Francis went out onto the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica for the first time, he said he did not prepare what he was going to say, but “I felt deeply that a minister needs the blessing of God, but also of his...
Mar 10, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Sun March 12, 2015
Whenever Dr. Linda LeMura enters Grewen Hall at Le Moyne College, four letters — AMDG — remind her of the Jesuit college’s mission. The letters stand for “Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam,” Latin for “for the greater glory of God.” “It’s a stark reminder that this is not just...
