From the Archives: Newark’s Puerto Rican Day Parade, 1983
The Santa Maria float of Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish in Newark makes its way through the Puerto Rican Day Parade in Newark on July 31, 1983. (Photographer: Archdiocese of … Learn More
Sights & Sounds: Hispanic Heritage luncheon honors Bishop Chau
The Scholarship Fund for Inner-City Children (SFIC) raised $110,000 for student scholarships at its inaugural Hispanic Heritage Month Leadership Luncheon on Sept. 15. The event honored Bishop Pedro Bismarck Chau … Learn More
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Pope leads thousands in candlelight rosary procession in Lourdes
Pope Leo XIV led tens of thousands of people in a candlelight rosary procession on Sept. 27 in the Marian shrine of Lourdes, saying that he had come as “a … Learn More
From the Archives: Newark’s Puerto Rican Day Parade, 1983
The Santa Maria float of Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish in Newark makes its way through the Puerto Rican Day Parade in Newark on July 31, 1983. (Photographer: Archdiocese of … Learn More
Sights & Sounds: Hispanic Heritage luncheon honors Bishop Chau
The Scholarship Fund for Inner-City Children (SFIC) raised $110,000 for student scholarships at its inaugural Hispanic Heritage Month Leadership Luncheon on Sept. 15. The event honored Bishop Pedro Bismarck Chau … Learn More
Cardinal Tobin’s message about the dignity of immigrants
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has released a video message for National Migration Week, observed Sept. 21 – 27. In the video, Cardinal Joseph Tobin, C.Ss.R., Archbishop … Learn More
Pope shares childhood memories of Blessed Fulton Sheen
On the papal flight to Paris Sept. 25, Pope Leo XIV recalled spending time with his family as a child watching Blessed Fulton J. Sheen, who was beatified the day … Learn More
Lost homily of Fulton Sheen resurfaces in Newark
As the Catholic Church prepares to beatify Archbishop Fulton Sheen, Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark, NJ, is currently displaying a second-class relic of the beloved communicator — … Learn More
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- At Lourdes, Pope Leo XIV holds private meeting with abuse survivorsby Junno Arocho Esteves on September 27, 2026 at 7:40 pm
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