The Marian Shrine in Stony Point hosted its Rise Up Festival this weekend in honor of the Solemnity of the Assumption.
The annual event draws together families and friends from around the area for a day of fun and faith including Mass celebrated by Bishop Edmund Whalen, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of New York and vicar for clergy.
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Monsignor Kevin Sullivan, Rabbi Joseph Potasnik, Reverend A.R. Bernard, and Imam Mehmet Ozalp took time to speak with The Good Newsroom about the importance of holding interfaith dialogues, as the topic of religious freedom can only be upheld if all religions can be free.
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Patrick Grady
| 01/16/2026
Pope Leo XIV recalled La Repubblica's 50 years of recounting the history of Italy, the world, and the Church, a constant relationship with readers, freedom of inquiry, and dialogue as the privileged path for peace-building.
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Vatican News
| 01/16/2026
His eventual martyrdom in the face of his opposition’s bigoted fear of positive change is what we observe on Monday.