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At a recent audience, Pope Francis encouraged the Knights of Columbus to continue working towards the renewal of society through their charitable efforts, prayer and the witness of their lives. Meeting with the organization's Board of Directors on Oct. 10, the Pope thanked the Knights for their prayers on his behalf.   "On this occasion...

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By Lesley Abravanel   Because you can never have too many Italian restaurants, Bocce Bar, the new "rustic Italian" concept by those responsible for Sugarcane raw bar grill and SushiSamba, debuts Friday, Dec. 13 in Midtown Miami at 3252 NE 1st Ave. Not just any Italian, no it's not, this one has the city's first 'official' bocce court and a s...

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Ardley Hanemann is President of Cabrini High School. Cabrini, an all girl school located on Moss Street across from Bayou St. John, has a long history in the Crescent City. The school's origins trace to 1892, when Archbishop Francis Janssens requested that Mother Cabrini come to New Orleans to help the City's many Italian immigrants.   Mothe...

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Once brought to Loreto, Mary's plain house was nestled inside a sumptuous marble shell, the masterpiece of a Renaissance genius.   Pope Julius II had it designed by Donato Bramante in 1509, but it took no less than seventy years to complete it – employing the talent of Andrea Sansovino, Ranieri Nerucci, Antonio da Sangallo the Younger and ma...

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By Charlotte Wilder Judge Raymond Brassard of Norfolk Superior Court granted parishioners of St. Frances X Cabrini Church in Scituate a chance to file their case with the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday. The filing with the highest court in America will be the last battle in an 11-year fight to stop the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston from closi...

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di Riccardo Chioni   Come venti anni fa, quando una trentina di fedeli di Comunione e Liberazione si avviarono sul ponte di Brooklyn per la prima processione del Venerdì Santo, anche ieri il cielo era grigio con pioggia a tratti, che tuttavia non ha dissuaso oltre duemila persone a seguire la Croce nel suggestivo percorso. La processione, p...

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by Justin Sarachik   Perhaps one of the most intricate and yet overlooked aspects of creating a story is setting the scene in a manner to coax readers in. A good book offers an array of colors, sights, sounds, and places set out like a painter's palette looking to create a Monet on canvas.   This style in itself is usually alloca...

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by Ken Borsuk   On Wednesday, the focus was on food, dancing and fellowship. On Sunday, celebrants of the annual St. Roch's Feast will march through the streets of Chickahominy to honor their namesake and patron saint.   The traditional procession, led by The Society Morrese and accompanied by a brass band, will begin at St. Roch...

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by Becca Manning The 88th annual Saint Joseph Feast is coming up this weekend in the North End, with parades, music, entertainment and, of course, lots of delicious Italian food.   The festival, organized by The Saint Joseph Society of Boston, celebrates the patron saint of the town of Riesi in Sicily and has been going on in the North End...

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By Davide Arminio   Sixty years ago in Gallup, New Mexico, a new construction site sprang up. It wasn't a store, nor a house or a facility. It was the Catholic Sacred Heart Cathedral, designed to become a city landmark, conceived and made possible by a large contribution of the local Italian community.   Gallup is a city born of both...

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