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U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel Alito.

Justice Samuel Alito to address record-breaking 2024 class at Franciscan University

May 7, 2024

By Kate Quiñones

Justice Samuel Alito is scheduled to give the commencement address on May 11 to a record 896 students in the... Read more

Msgr. Thomas Powers.

Connecticut priest named rector of North American College seminary in Rome

Mar 30, 2022

By Hannah Brockhaus

Msgr. Thomas W. Powers succeeds Father Peter Harman. Read more

Bishop Frank Caggiano of Bridgeport. Photo courtesy of the Diocese of Bridgeport

Sunday Mass obligation to resume in Connecticut's dioceses

May 12, 2021

The Latin rite bishops in Connecticut announced Monday that in each of their dioceses the general obligation to assist at... Read more

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Catholic university in New England 'affirms support' for LGBT persons

Apr 24, 2021

Sacred Heart University held a rally celebrating LGBT students last month after the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith... Read more

Bishop Frank Caggiano. Photo courtesy of the Diocese of Bridgeport

Bridgeport's Bishop Caggiano named next Legatus head chaplain

Feb 6, 2021

Bishop Frank Caggiano of Bridgeport has been named the next chaplain of Legatus International, a Catholic business leaders’ association with... Read more

Cardinal Edward Egan, former Bishop of Bridgeport and Archbishop if New York, who died March 5, 2015.

'Undisguisedly indifferent': Bridgeport diocese issues report on its own abuse record

Oct 2, 2019

An investigative report on decades of clergy sexual abuse in the Diocese of Bridgeport was published on Tuesday, highlighting failures... Read more

Bishop Frank Caggiano. Photo courtesy of the Diocese of Bridgeport

Caggiano condemns anti-Semitic graffiti at Bridgeport cathedral

Jan 5, 2019

The Bishop of Bridgeport condemned anti-Semitism Saturday, after a swastika was found painted on the doors of Bridgeport’s cathedral.  Read more