1+ hour, 26+ min ago   (876+ words) DYKER HEIGHTS — To this day, Msgr. Robert Romano cannot bring himself to watch footage of the World Trade Center attack. “I turn my head,” he said. Video of the hijacked jetliners slamming into the Twin Towers and the buildings collapsing…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago   (620+ words) My social media feeds have recently been full of discussions of “the common good.” It is mostly driven by advocates of “classical liberalism” or libertarianism, who essentially negatively equate common good with something like totalitarian collectivism. And, of course (it’s…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (619+ words) At Old St. Mary’s Church in Philadelphia, a short walk from Independence Hall, the nation’s founding history and the early story of American Catholicism still intersect. While George Washington was not Catholic (he was Anglican), the Father of Our Country…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (674+ words) SHEEPSHEAD BAY — Every year on the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Carlos and Brenda Rodriguez bring their son Giancarlo to a candlelight vigil at a memorial wall in their neighborhood. The ceremony takes place at a memorial wall in…...

4+ day, 11+ min ago   (750+ words) LOWER MANHATTAN — Joanne Capestro is a frequent visitor to the National 9/11 Memorial & Museum, and whenever she goes there, she is always drawn to a particular exhibit. There, in a glass case, is a pair of Nine West high heels — the…...

1+ week, 2+ min ago   (74+ words) thetablet.org In Astoria, Queens, a beautiful, sunny Friday has been made even better by Catholic Charities Brooklyn & Queens. The organization is sharing resources, fun, and games with members of the community in the Diocese of Brooklyn. © 2026 DeSales Media Group,…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (573+ words) BREEZY POINT — When parishioners returned to St. Edmund the Martyr Church after last year’s devastating fire, one familiar face was still missing: the Blessed Mother in the stained-glass window above the front entrance. Now, more than a year later, that…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (465+ words) JACKSON HEIGHTS — As Claudia Vallestas has feared for her family in Colombia following the 7.4-magnitude earthquake on Aug. 10, she is also hopeful because of the outpouring of faith and support she has witnessed. “I’m grateful to see all of the…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (176+ words) In his June 2 Wall Street Journal column, Jason L. Riley noted a disturbing trend in our American moment: “According to the Department of Labor, 1 in 3 men were neither working nor looking for a job in April.” That sad state of affairs…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (275+ words) BAY RIDGE — The Sisters of the Visitation are in the process of selling their Bay Ridge property, a 7.5-acre site that housed their monastery and Visitation Academy for decades, a consultant on the multi-million-dollar real estate transaction confirmed to The Tablet....