Tag: Diocese of Brooklyn
With news of recent parish embezzlement scandals, expert Matt Manion says...
PHILADELPHIA-- In the wake of recent high-profile cases of financial mismanagement at parishes, experts said transparency, accountability and greater involvement of finance councils in...
Msgr. Jamie Gigantiello of Brooklyn, N.Y., removed from parish for mishandling...
A Brooklyn, New York, priest has been removed as pastor after an investigation revealed he had transferred close to $2 million in parish funds...
Kickoff of annual A-Cross America Relay for Life celebrates, defends and...
NEW YORK -- The national kickoff for the annual A-Cross America Relay for Life, began early Aug. 26 in Manhattan, with a group walking...
Arrests made at two Diocese of Brooklyn churches
The man suspected of desecrating St. Joseph Church in Astoria, Queens, in the Diocese of Brooklyn a month ago was arrested Saturday, July 8...
Returning to New York is a homecoming for new Brooklyn Bishop...
BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Members of the student orchestra of St. John the Baptist Diocesan High School in West Islip, N.Y., Bishop Robert J. Brennan’s...
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio of Brooklyn cleared by Vatican of alleged sexual...
NEW YORK -- The Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has determined that allegations of sexual abuse of a minor against Bishop...
In response to ‘Laudato Si”, Brooklyn Diocese launces solar energy project
BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio of Brooklyn cut the ceremonial ribbon June 10 for a solar-energy project launched to answer Pope Francis’ “urgent...
Bishop DiMarzio recalls life of first U.S. priest Father Jorge Ortiz-Garay...
BROOKLYN, N.Y. -- Father Jorge Ortiz-Garay of Brooklyn, the first U.S. priest to die from complications of COVID-19, was recalled as "a good and...
Father Christopher Heanue takes on 100-mile bike ride, raises COVID-19 aid...
WASHINGTON -- Father Christopher Heanue started his morning July 27 by celebrating Mass at 5 a.m. and then took off on a 100-mile bike...
Bishop Arthur J. Serratelli of Paterson retires; Pope Francis names Father...
WASHINGTON -- Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop Arthur J. Serratelli of Paterson, New Jersey, and named Father Kevin J. Sweeney, a...