US surgeon general says preventing spread of virus must be top priority

Calling the Covid-19 pandemic the challenge of a lifetime, the United States’ top public health official travelled to Florida seeking help in slowing the deadly outbreak. He also came to learn how one urban community has managed a particularly low incidence of infection spread among the homeless. Dr Jerome Adams, the 20th US surgeon general,... Read More

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July 25, 2020

Fisher-Price at 90: See how children’s toys have changed over the decades

A brief history of toys, through the lens of one of our longest serving toymakers, by Luke Rix-Standing. With more than 5,000 different products to its name, Fisher-Price has long been established among toy-making royalty. Still headquartered in East Aurora, New York, where its story began 90 years ago, the American company has gone through... Read More

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July 10, 2020

New York Archdiocese closes 20 schools; six more close in Brooklyn Diocese

Twenty schools in the Archdiocese of New York will not reopen in autumn because of the financial fallout caused by the novel coronavirus pandemic. Archdiocesan education officials also announced that three schools will merge. A news release from the archdiocese cited the pandemic for sickening thousands of people with Covid-19, the illness caused by the... Read More

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July 6, 2020

Concert honouring St John Paul II centenary available online

A concert honouring the centennial of St John Paul II’s birth is now available online. The concert, featuring some of the United States and Poland’s top classical music artists, was held on 21st June. St John Paul’s birth was on 28th May. The concert features introductory remarks from Polish Archbishop Stanislaw Gadecki of Poznan, president... Read More

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May 5, 2020

Social justice leaders urge cardinal to step back from praise of Trump

Laudatory comments about President Donald Trump by New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan have been blasted in a letter to the prelate from more than 1,500 faith leaders. The letter, released on 1st May, said the cardinal’s late April remarks in a conference call with the president and subsequent appearance on Fox News ‘sends a... Read More

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September 26, 2019

Faith groups are integral to eradicating poverty, CAFOD Director tells UN

Faith groups are integral to eradicating poverty, CAFOD’s Director has told the United Nations in New York. Speaking at a UN General Assembly ‘side-event’, Christine Allen emphasised the importance of the role of the Church and faith communities in delivering Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). “When other examples of services fail, the Church’s faith communities are... Read More

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September 17, 2019

US diocese files bankruptcy

In the wake of nearly 50 lawsuits filed against it since New York’s Child Victims Act took effect on 14th August, the Diocese of Rochester filed for reorganisation on 12th September, under Chapter 11 of the US Bankruptcy Code. The petition was filed with the US Bankruptcy Court Western District of New York. The court... Read More

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