24 years after he lost his firefighter son on Sept. 11, 2001, retired @fdny Deputy Chief James “Jim” Riches was laid to rest on Dec. 1. Paula Ellen Katinas reports that Riches had spent several months after the terror attack searching for his son’s remains and for the remains of

Today is giving Tuesday, and in the Diocese of Brooklyn The The Tablet's Bright Christmas Fund is one donation you can make that has a lasting impact on the lives of families in Brooklyn and Queens. The time-honored tradition of raising money to ensure every child has a gift

Giving back can begin at any age, reports Paula Ellen Katinas. One Angel Donor with Futures in Education is still in his 20s, but making sure that the next generation will get the chances he did as a Catholic school student in the Diocese of Brooklyn. #GivingTuesday bit.ly/3KvC1Jn

🗽COMING UP IN THE TABLET: Reporter Jessica Meditz was there as Father Gary Graf completed his 900 mile walk from Chicago to New York City's Ellis Island. And while the journey is at its end, his mission is not. The priest is shining a light on the treatment of immigrant

Retired FDNY Deputy Chief James Riches, Who Lost Son on 9/11, Laid to Rest thetablet.org/retired-fdny-c… FDNY Paula Ellen Katinas The Tablet #FDNY #NeverForget Howard Davies

They started from the bottom — now parishioners Christ The King Parish in Queens are celebrating a renovation that brought them from a "basement church" to a newly revived faith space. Bill Miller reports that it's an opportunity to reinvigorate their spiritual lives, too.

The Medical Aid in Dying Act cleared the New York State legislature earlier this year and has since been sitting on Governor Kathy Hochul’s desk. She has until the end of December to sign it. The NYS Catholic Conference, along with Catholic New Yorkers, are urging her not to sign and

In a year that has seen the killing of 7,000 people in Nigeria for their religious belief, the country was reinstated as a Country of Particular Concern by President Trump. The president said he’d deploy the U.S. military “with guns a-blazing” to the West African nation if the

"When that journey ended, it felt like another part of my motherhood was gone forever. But Isabella taught my body something that is never going to go away.” When former Tablet reporter Missy learned her unborn daughter had a rare genetic condition, instead of giving

🎨⛪☃️'s that time of year once again! The Tablet's 'Keep Christ in Christmas' art contest is officially underway in the Diocese of Brooklyn! Take a look at some of last year's submissions from Catholic school students in Brooklyn and Queens, and scan the QR code to submit your

Crowds braved 20-degree temperatures in Midtown Manhattan as Bishop Robert Brennan and advocates from many backgrounds called on Gov. Hochul to reject New York’s assisted suicide bill — warning it puts vulnerable lives at risk and sends a dangerous message about the value of

🏈The X A V E R I A N football team's latest win wasn't just for love of the game: it was for the love of a coach. Jim Mancari reports the team dedicated their varsity Catholic High School Football League championship game to assistant football coach Maurice Jones, who died of a

🎄💡✨Dec. 5 begins a string of festive Christmas tree lightings throughout the Diocese of Brooklyn — thanks to a donation from Maimonides Health. Paula Ellen Katinas has the list of tree lightings happening in Brooklyn and Queens: bit.ly/48V9Pc7

"What do you do when your grandmother says that to you on her deathbed? It still crushes me to this day." Benjamin Turland shared with Bill Miller how he lost not one, but both of his grandmothers to assisted suicide in Canada, where euthanasia has been legal since 2016.

📍Diocese of Brooklyn, Dec. 9: @mattmahermusicand @skrogerreturn to NYC for a special Christmas concert that will benefit Futures in Education Paula Ellen Katinas reports that ticket sales from their Brooklyn Cathedrals Tour stop on Tuesday will go towards helping the nonprofit provide

What was Christmas like in the Diocese of Brooklyn nearly 100 years ago? At age 95, the diocese's oldest priest — Father Dominick Cutrone — can tell Bill Miller. thetablet.org/oldest-priest-…

🎄🗽🍎The Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building, Lincoln Center, the Coney Island Cyclone, Montauk Point Lighthouse — just a few of the New York State icons sixth graders from the Diocese of Brooklyn drew on ornaments showed Paula Ellen Katinas. They now adorn a @whitehouse

For Father Gary Graf, watching immigrant families suffer in silence became unbearable, so he set out and walked over 900 miles to make their stories impossible to ignore. The distance added up, leading him from Chicago all the way to New York City. Jessica Meditz and

💐The Virgin Mary, the Blessed Mother, or simply Mary — whatever name Catholics prefer to call her, there is one thread that runs through all of the titles: a deep love and devotion for her. On the feast of the Immaculate Conception, Paula Ellen Katinas takes a look at the way