New York's new sex ed curriculum: birds, bees, bestiality
And that’s just for starters. Explicit content to follow. Details: Sex ed, which becomes mandatory in city middle and high schools next year, is meant to stem unplanned pregnancies and sexually...
View ArticleEd Koch: Jews need stronger ties to Catholic Church
From the In My Backyard Desk… One of New York City’s more colorful mayors — who had a close friendship and collaboration with Cardinal John O’Connor — offered some advice the other day: Jews need to...
View ArticleMust-see video: making the homeless smile in NYC
This is pretty great: A group of young Muslim YouTubers took a break from making prank videos to spread a message about giving to those in need, and it’s quickly becoming one of their most viral...
View ArticleDolan meets with new mayor, vows to work with him to bring Pope Francis to NYC
Details: Mayor Bill de Blasio and Cardinal Timothy Dolan today met for the first time since Mr. de Blasio’s election and vowed to join forces to try to bring Pope Francis to New York City. Emerging...
View ArticleAh, only in New York…
Yes, evidently they really do have things like this: If Jewish food were to have a signature scent, it would be the smell of Katz’s deli — at least for me. The aroma of corned beef brined in spices,...
View ArticleGimme five!
When so much of the world seems to be bad, here’s a little slap of good. The New York Daily News notes: If you stick your hand in the air long enough, someone may just give you a high five. Filmmaker...
View Article‘What’s the Church doing here?’: Cardinal Dolan’s remarks at the Met...
A lot of ink has been spilled about this controversial evening, but I was struck by what the Cardinal Archbishop of New York had to say at the press conference just beforehand. This comes from his...
View ArticleVisiting St. Pio in New York City
Saturday evening, I had the privilege of visiting the Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral, in lower Manhattan, to see some of the relics of St. Pio (Padre Pio, to most of us) and attend a Mass for...
View ArticleWATCH: What pro-life marchers face in New York City
ChurchPOP posted this Monday and it deserves wider circulation: Wow, what a witness! Every First Saturday of the Month, pro-life religious, clergy and laypeople gather on the streets of New York City...
View ArticleNew York pols want to investigate Catholic school for ‘hair discrimination’
“For too long, kids who look like Jediah have been treated as less than because of the texture of their hair. It’s unacceptable, it’s appalling.” From The New York Daily News: A Queens Catholic...
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