At Our Lady of Grace Church, West Babylon, families gathered to participate in the parish’s fifth annual Advent wreath-making event.
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Saints alive! Students portray favorite saints at holy day Mass+
Sixth grade students at SS. Philip and James School, St. James, continued the school's tradition of dressing as saints for All Saints Day Mass.
The dark side of memes: spreading untruths about religion+
Americans' knowledge of religion, of late, largely comes from social media, where the detrimental memes communicate erroneous ideas.
Different clicks, same prayer: Pope asks Catholics to pray the rosary+
The Click to Pray eRosary is both a free app for Apple and Android and an actual high-tech rosary bracelet that connects to a smartphone using Bluetooth.
Parishes remember St. Francis with animal blessings+
Click for a gallery of photos from around the diocese
Pope declares special Sunday each year dedicated to word of God+
'The Bible is the most widely distributed book, but it also perhaps the one most covered in dust because it is not held in our hands.'
Charities team returns from fact-finding mission to Bahamas+
A multifaceted church-sponsored relief effort is just getting underway in the Bahamas.
Long Island Catholic school students are hitting the books (and the tablets) again+
View a gallery of first-day pictures from across the diocese.
Analysis: Pope’s new cardinal choices stress dialogue, care for poor+
Announcing the new cardinals, Pope Francis said they illustrate "the missionary vocation of the church that continues to proclaim the merciful love of God to all men and women of the earth."