The comedian Stephen Colbert and Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York bantered onstage Friday night before 3,000 cheering, stomping, chanting students at Fordham University, in what might have been the most successful Roman Catholic youth evangelization event since Pope John Paul II last appeared at World Youth Day. The evening was billed as an opportunity Read more
Posts Tagged ‘New York’
Atheists’ pain caused by 9/11 cross at public museum
Friday, September 14th, 2012
A legal battle is looming in New York over the using of a large cross as part of a 9/11 memorial. The cross made of one of the twin tower’s T-beams became a national symbol in the days after the 2001 attacks, however a national group, American Atheists is suing one of the 9/11 memorial Read more
No clergy-led prayer at 9/11 anniversary causes controversy
Tuesday, September 6th, 2011
Conservative Catholic and Christian groups are condemning New York mayor Michael Bloomberg’s decision to ban clergy-led prayer at the 10th anniversary commemoration of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Catholic League and the Family Research Council, say the event shows a prejudice against religion and ignores the central role religious groups played in the city’s 9/11 response. Read more
Vatican paper backs Dolan on sex ed
Friday, September 2nd, 2011The Vatican newspaper has backed Archbishop Timothy Dolan in a debate over over a new sex education curriculum in New York City, which is supported by Mayor Michael Bloomberg as a means of combating early and unintended pregnancies, especially among Black and Latino youth.
The initiative has been criticised by Dolan for, among other things, potentially usurping the role of parents in shaping the moral values of their children.
Read the article...Ground Zero mosque moves forward slowly
Tuesday, August 30th, 2011
The Ground Zero Mosque is moving forward, but more under the media spotlight it has received. There will be no more imams as the public religious face of the project, and Sharif El-Gamal, the lead developer and Chairman of the 45-51 Park Place property says he has been trying to regroup and reach out to Read more
Gay marriage: What’s the real issue?
Friday, July 8th, 2011
The decision of the New York state legislature to approve gay marriage will be seen by some as a symptom of an underlying disease called “moral relativism.” But this is a mistake that, I think, blocks our understanding of what is really going on. One need only look at the joy and satisfaction with which Read more
NY redefines marriage
Tuesday, June 28th, 2011
On Friday, New York joined the states of New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Iowa and Vermont and Washington DC as places where same-sex marriage is legal in the United States. Opponents of same-sex marriage have vowed to fight back and outlaw gay marriage as they did in California and Maine. The National Organisation for Marriage (NOM) has Read more
- Documentary shows the harms of same-sex marriage
- Archbishop of New York, Timothy Dolan, speaks about same-sex marriage
- Rush of wedding expected when same sex law becomes official
- Gay marriage support unstoppable: Australian Greens
- New York gay parade celebrates pride, marriage law
- Key vote for NY gay marriage 'not just Catholic'
- Pride Parade celebrates NY gay marriage law
- A public confession
- Prepare for consequences: Religious Right reacts to NY gay marriage vote
Analysis: How did gay marriage become NY law?
Tuesday, June 28th, 2011
How did New York lawmakers, long known for their decades of late budgets and partisan gridlock, manage to pull off a generational milestone like legalizing gay marriage? Friday night’s victory for gay marriage advocates was the product of changing public attitudes, and a political campaign that was more sophisticated, better funded, and armed with more Read more