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“Telling Naples to the World”. Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe on His Imminent Visit to New York

Ottorino Cappelli

The Cardinal of Naples will be in New York this coming January, where he will meet the Italian community, personalities of the cutural and artistic world, academics, scholars, men...

Saving "Our Lady Of Loreto." Italian Americans and African Americans Join Forces in Protest

The Editors

On March 26th, the front page of The New York Times online edition presented the case of the "Our Lady Of Loreto" church in Brooklyn. Residents have long been fighting the...

Sacred Space, Real Estate, and the Enacted Environment

Joey Skee

Two religious buildings historically associated with Italian-American Catholics face challenges to survive.

Word at the Stadium: Thoughts on Benedict's Appearance at the Baseball Behemoth

Eleonora Mazzucchi

Downtown Manhattan residents weren't too hot on Pope Benedict XVI. But here's the other side of the coin. Outside of Yankee Stadium the crowds waiting for Benedict to pass...

Pope Benedict Loses Popularity Contest South of 14th Street

Eleonora Mazzucchi

Residents and workers of Manhattan's downtown neighborhoods sound off on the Pope. In years past, when John Paul II came to New York, even the most cynical or religiously...

Out of the archives: Vatican doubts over the Duce

Judith Harris

New access to archival documents of the Vatican shed evealing light on the relatiuonships between th Catholic Church and Fascism.

A True Italian/American Marriage

Letizia Airos Soria

"Saints and Sinners", by Abigail Honor, tells the story of an Italian/American gay couple planning a wedding according to Catholic rite. It was screened in the CUNY TV studios by...

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