New York
Romemu strikes a popular balance of Jewish tradition and interfaith spiritual seeking
By Jonathan Harounoff — October 8, 2019
NEW YORK (RNS) — 'We’re working on becoming a real alternative to what many consider to be a Judaism where spirituality is not sufficiently addressed,' said the synagogue's founder.
A New York diocese filed for bankruptcy. Will others follow?
By Carolyn Thompson — September 23, 2019
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — All eight of the state's Roman Catholic dioceses face financial pressures as a result of the state's new Child Victims Act.
States’ move toward abortion extremism heats up ‘cold civil war’
By Charles C. Camosy — January 31, 2019
(RNS) — Common ground on abortion is substantial, if we only took time to look.
NY clergy sex abuse may be sweeping but legal cases few
By Jennifer Peltz — September 8, 2018
(AP) — Few criminal cases or lawsuits may come out of the New York attorney general's inquiry into clergy sex abuse allegations in the Roman Catholic Church, whatever its findings.
Seven states launch investigations in wake of Pennsylvania clergy sex abuse report
By Jack Jenkins — September 6, 2018
(RNS) — Law enforcement officials in at least seven states appear to be launching their own inquiries of their Catholic dioceses, focusing on church files thought to contain decades of allegations of child sex abuse by priests.
Italian-American church in Brooklyn’s ‘Little Guatemala’ gets new lease on life
By Katherine Fung — April 10, 2018
NEW YORK (RNS) — St. Finbar Catholic Church in Brooklyn's Bensonhurst neighborhood is part of a larger national trend: The share of U.S. Catholics who are Hispanic has increased by 5 percentage points since 2007 to 34 percent and is expected to continue growing.
Muslims in NJ city fear another backlash after latest attack
By Wayne Parry — November 3, 2017
PATERSON, N.J. (AP) — 'People here feel they will be blamed as a religion and as a people. Because this guy was a Muslim, Muslims will be blamed anywhere and everywhere,' said Imam Mohammad Qatanani, spiritual leader of the Islamic Center of Passaic County, the region's most influential mosque.
Pope pained by attacks in Afghanistan, Somalia, New York
By Emily McFarlan Miller — November 1, 2017
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The pope said during an Angelus prayer on Wednesday, the Catholic holiday of All Saints' Day, that he was praying for all those who were killed and injured, and for their family members.
When a synagogue burns
By Jeffrey Salkin — May 18, 2017
More than a synagogue burned on the Lower East Side this week. A legacy of compassion and hope went up in smoke as well.
The Rev. Timothy Keller to step down from Redeemer Presbyterian Church
By Emily McFarlan Miller — February 27, 2017
(RNS) He will continue working with the Redeemer City to City church planting network, including teaching in its partner program with Reformed Theological Seminary.
After crash, Hoboken residents ponder God and fate
By Jerome Socolovsky — September 30, 2016
HOBOKEN, N.J. (RNS) As investigators look into what caused a New Jersey commuter train crash, some residents of this New York suburb ponder what role God and fate play in such tragedies.
Muslims love New York, too
By Hussein Rashid — September 19, 2016
(RNS) Muslims have to show we are not perpetrators and we can never talk about how we are victims.
Ancient Zoroastrian faith gets new temple in New York region
By USA Today Network — April 4, 2016
Followers of a faith that pre-dates the Abrahamic religions now have a place, named for a gateway to peace and justice, for prayer and thanksgiving.
By ‘New York values’ did Ted Cruz mean ‘Jewish’? (COMMENTARY)
By Mark Silk — January 15, 2016
(RNS) That “focus around money and the media”? That was “New York = Jews” all the way. Don’t kid yourself.
At St. Patrick’s Cathedral, the pope embraces nuns once under Vatican fire
By Lauren Markoe — September 24, 2015
NEW YORK (RNS) “What would the church be without you?” the pope told the hundreds of nuns among the 3,000 worshippers in the cathedral's pews.
