Amid the skyscrapers of Lower Manhattan, Saint Peter’s Church continues to shine as a living link to New York’s earliest Catholic roots. On October 5, Archdiocese of New York Auxiliary Bishop Edmund Whalen, vicar for clergy, celebrated 240 years of faith, history, and community at the state’s first Catholic parish.
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America's Parish Church choir prepares to lead thousands through the passion, death, and resurrection of Christ.
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Mary Shovlain
| 04/02/2026
“Pope Leo XIV made clear: ‘Brothers and sisters, this is our God: Jesus, King of Peace, who rejects war, whom no one can use to justify war,'" the USCCB president said.
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The Good Newsroom
| 04/02/2026
The bishop emphasized the USCCB's opposition to the chemical abortion drug not only for its purpose of terminating life, but also that the abortion pill represents an isolating and harmful response to women in need.