Ann Teresa O'Neill's childhood healing helped confirm the sainthood of a New York-born convert who later founded the country's first Catholic girls' school.

The national collection for Pastoral Solidarity for the Church in Africa will be taken in the Archdiocese of New York on Sunday, August 9.

In light of several recent immigration enforcement encounters resulting in the loss of life, the bishops have issued the following pastoral statement.

The archbishop emeritus of New York cited both the city’s deep Catholic roots and its namesake.

Declared "venerable" in 1995, Blessed Solanus spent time in Yonkers and Manhattan during his life.