Articles By: Dan Carney

Vietnamese New Year Honors Family February 24th, 2015 - BRIDGEPORT—Children, parents, grandparents, extended family and friends filled St. Augustine Cathedral on February 15 as Bishop Frank J. Caggiano joined the Vietnamese community in welcoming… Read More ››

New Governance Model for Cathedral Academies February 24th, 2015 - BRIDGEPORT—Bishop Frank J. Caggiano has introduced a new governance model for Bridgeport Catholic schools that will lead to greater participation and involvement of the laity… Read More ››

“Don’t Jump” Campaign Challenges Physician-Assisted Suicide February 23rd, 2015 - HARTFORD—“Don’t Jump” is the rallying cry of a new media campaign that is being launched today to challenge the proposed legislation that would make it… Read More ››

Whose Life Is It Anyway: Thoughts on Physician Assisted Suicide February 18th, 2015 - In college I wrote a medical ethics paper on a play entitled Whose Life Is It Anyway? That old paper came to mind recently when… Read More ››

Repent and Believe in the Gospel February 17th, 2015 - Ash Wednesday is one of the liveliest days in the life of an American Catholic parish. Before the Internet and voicemail, parish telephones would start… Read More ››

Bishop Caggiano interviewed for PBS “Italian Americans” February 17th, 2015 - BRIDGEPORT—Among those interviewed, for the new PBS series “The Italian Americans” is new Bridgeport Bishop Frank J. Caggiano, a native of Brooklyn and lifelong resident… Read More ››

Diocese Releases Mobile App February 15th, 2015 - The Diocese of Bridgeport has launched its new mobile phone app, which will allow smart phone users in Fairfield County and anywhere in the world… Read More ››

Synod pivots toward solutions February 7th, 2015 - TRUMBULL—Nearly 350 delegates to Synod 2014 turned to solutions at the Third General Session today when they voted to approve the final pastoral and temporal… Read More ››

84% of Americans would ban abortion after 3 months of pregnancy January 26th, 2015 - NEW HAVEN—The vast majority of Americans are still very uncomfortable with abortion, according to a new Knights of Columbus-Marist poll. The survey finds support for abortion… Read More ››

Celebrating the life of a “kind and gentle” priest January 24th, 2015 - STRATFORD—Msgr. George D. Birge was laid to rest this morning after the season’s first snowstorm, but the warmth inside St. James Church was unmistakable as… Read More ››

It’s up to young people to ‘end the scourge of abortion,’ says speaker January 22nd, 2015 - WASHINGTON—On a chilly and cloudy morning on the National Mall in Washington, crowds gathered January 22 for the annual March for Life, this year marking… Read More ››

Protecting the unborn in a ‘throwaway culture’ January 21st, 2015 - What a sight! Over 25 times from the top of Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., I have seen a sea of people marching to proclaim the… Read More ››

St. Joseph’s Student Leaders Attend Award Program January 21st, 2015 - TRUMBULL—St Joseph High School seniors had the opportunity to meet Senator Richard Blumenthal; Cathy Molloy, Connecticut’s First Lady; Bridgeport’s Mayor Bill Finch; as well as… Read More ››

Reflecting on Pope’s 2015 World Day of Peace Message January 6th, 2015 - “Tragically, the growing scourge of man’s exploitation by man gravely damages the life of communion and our calling to forge interpersonal relations marked by respect,… Read More ››

No One Should be Hungry During the Christmas Season January 6th, 2015 - In early December, the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) stopped feeding 1.7 million Syrian refugees. For two weeks these poor, battered fellow human beings who… Read More ››