An investigation launched after the video revealed that Msgr. Gigantiello made unauthorized financial transfers to a former top aide in New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ administration, which is being investigated on charges of corruption.
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‘Disappointed’ Cardinal Dolan holds out hope Harris will join Trump at the Al Smith dinner
Cardinal Dolan of New York still held out hope that the Democratic nominee could change her plans and join the event which her Republican rival, former President Donald Trump, is now planning to attend.
Posted inArts & Culture, Culture
The Portal: Where Dublin and New York greet each other—and learn something about themselves
All summer long, New Yorkers and Dubliners have had a unique chance to wave at one another—and sometimes more—through a unique public art installation. America’s three new O’Hare fellows took a trip to see The Portal before it closes next week.
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E. B. White is one of the most famous children’s book authors. But he should be better known for his essays.
I was well into adulthood before I realized the co-author of my battered copy of The Elements of Style was also the author of Stuart Little and Charlotte’s Web.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: An anthology of Jimmy Breslin, chronicler of New York’s best (and worst)
Some of Jimmy Breslin’s best work has now been collected and edited by one of Breslin’s true heirs, The New York Times correspondent Dan Barry.
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Alice McDermott’s place in the canon of great Catholic novelists
Alice McDermott is back with her ninth novel, joining the elite Catholic company of Graham Greene, Evelyn Waugh, Walker Percy and Flannery O’Connor.
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Remembering the man who helped young people in the South Bronx find strength in community
Dr. Edward Eismann structured Unitas around surrogate families—groups of teens and younger children assigned to care for each other in cascading mentorship that also supported birth families. As they spoke at the funeral home, those who had grown up in Unitas testified to its profound influence in their life.
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Albany diocese places ‘hold’ on all Traditional Latin Masses except at Jesuit martyrs’ shrine
The Diocese of Albany has placed a hold on celebrations of Mass with the 1962 Roman Missal, which affects two parishes in the region. Latin Mass with the 2002 missal can still be performed.
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Sister Pat Daly, whose ministry held corporations accountable to their customers and the planet, dies at 67
Sister Daly spent parts of five decades as a religious in corporate accountability and shareholder advocacy.
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America magazine’s own stained glass: The rich history of the LaFarge Windows
It is not often that you find stained glass on the 11th floor of a mid-century skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan.