On the day after Thanksgiving, the Church rejoices in the intercessions of Pope Saint Clement of Rome. New Yorkers have a special reason to think of him, two millennia later. Clement probably was made ...

Lived in the 1st century A.D. Died 100 A.D. He is believed to have been the fourth bishop of Rome and served during the last decade of the first century. Around 96, he sent a letter from the Church of ...

Readers may wonder why this column focuses some weeks on saints or popes rather than on ecclesiastical issues that are of particular interest to Catholics. One reason is that saints and popes offer an ...

Sister Consilio Buckley, standing near the front of the sanctuary of St. Clement of Rome Catholic Church in Metairie, seemed taken aback by the rock star attention she attracted. "This is so wonderful ...