Converts are finding Eastern Orthodoxy online. The church wants to help them commune face-to-face
The Associated Press 12-12-2025
“As a theologian, the idea that somehow masculinity — this particular way of thinking about masculinity — is inherent to Orthodox theology and teaching is I think just completely wrong,” said Aristotle Papanikolaou, cofounding director of the Orthodox Christian Studies Center at Fordham University. “There’s actually no logic to the idea that somehow I need to be masculine in this particular way in order to unite myself with God.”
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A Grand Jury Again Declines to Reindict Letitia James
The New York Times 12-12-2025
Bruce Green, who teaches legal ethics at Fordham Law School in New York, said there was no constitutional provision forbidding the repeated presentation of the same case to different grand juries, though he added that most prosecutors “would take a hint” after being rejected once or twice.
“If a grand jury isn’t indicting and you don’t even have a lawyer on the other side presenting a defense, that’s a pretty strong sign that you don’t have a tryable case,” he said.
Netflix vs Paramount: politics could decide battle for Warner Bros
Financial Times 12-09-2025
To Zephyr Teachout, professor at Fordham School of Law, leaving these bids unchecked could have catastrophic consequences. “Concentration is troubling in any realm . . . but it’s especially dangerous when it comes to media,” she said. “We are talking about the lifeblood of our culture being concentrated. It’s really, really dystopian.”
Bronx’s Little Italy held their annual tree lighting ceremony to kick off the holiday season
Bronx Times 12-10-2025
The Belmont Business Involvement District partnered with Fordham University, the New York Botanical Garden and the Bronx Zoo to host a toy giveaway for local families and a meet and greet with Santa, who sang holiday carols with families and loved ones.
After the speeches slowed down, Franz gave Tania Tetlow, president of Fordham University, the responsibility of switching on the tree’s lights as the crowd counted down. Tetlow said the university is lucky to be a part of Little Italy from it’s very inception.
My forty years of friendship with Thomas Merton
America Magazine 12-10-2025
“I met Merton the way most of us have: through his writing. Our friendship began in a most accidental way, when a photocopy of his poem ‘Elegy for a Monastery Barn’ drifted off the bookshelf in my English Department office I shared with a colleague. As a young literature professor and a practicing poet, I was, and still am, ever on the lookout for voices, poems and poets who are new to me,” wrote Angela Alaimo O’Donnell, professor of English Literature, American Catholic Studies and Creative Writing at Fordham University.
Emil Bove Attends Trump Rally in Rare Move for Federal Judge (3)
Bloomberg Law 12-10-2025
Bruce Green, director of Fordham School of Law’s Louis Stein Center for Law and Ethics, said he didn’t see Bove’s attendance as “sanctionable misconduct,” but described it as a “terrible misjudgment.”
“Presidents Trump’s speech was highly un-presidential, and Judge Bove’s attendance was highly injudicious,” he said.
An Emerging Crisis: Fighting Antisemitism in the Mental Health Professions
Algemeiner 12-11-2025
“Our field knows how to hold complexity. We can grieve for Palestinians and Israelis, critique policies, and still protect patients, trainees, and colleagues from ideological coercion. Jewish clinicians and clients deserve the same ethical care we promise everyone else. Let’s replace purity tests with professional standards, and return the therapy room to what it’s for: healing,” wrote Dean McKay, professor of Psychology at Fordham University.
Rajiv Joseph Is Revisiting, and Revising, His Past
Playbill 12-10-2025
So after these plays, Joseph is still staying busy. He’s currently working on two new plays, both with the assistance of students at Fordham and New York University—trying to decipher the world and the humans in it through art.
Trump-Appointed Judge Faces Ethics Complaint After Attending President Trump’s Pennsylvania Speech
Resist The Mainstream 12-12-2025
NYU professor Stephen Gillers said the partisan tone made Bove’s presence inappropriate, while Fordham law professor Bruce Green called it “a terrible misjudgment.”
Review: The U.S. church today—and tomorrow
America Magazine 12-11-2025
In Chapter One, he presents an account of the U.S. response to the Second Vatican Council, largely seen through the work of Cardinal Joseph Bernardin. Gehring shows how the immediate aftermath of Bernardin’s 1983 “consistent ethic of life” address at Fordham University led to a battle within the American hierarchy that only intensified during Pope Francis’ pontificate.
Op-Ed | Poor Elbridge Gerry
AMNY 12-09-2025
“What a shame. He was a congressman, governor of Massachusetts, and vice president of the United States: Elbridge Gerry. Born in 1744 and one of the signers of our nation’s Declaration of Independence, he is remembered as the progenitor and namesake of corrupt line-drawing of congressional and other legislative districts,” wrote Jerry Goldfeder, director of the Fordham University School of Law School Voting Rights and Democracy Project.
2 Grand Juries Have Rejected the Grudge-Driven Case Against Trump Foe Letitia James
Reason Magazine 12-12-2025
“If she changed her mind, thought she might use it, or even had any reason to spend time in Virginia, it would be difficult to convict her,” Fordham University law professor James Kainen, whose specialties include real estate and white-collar crime, told FactCheck.org in October. “
Who is Ian Quinlan? Everything to know as the actor joins the cast of Sheriff Country
Primetimer 12-13-2025
Ian graduated from Fordham University with a degree in theater. He is an established performer with a professional career. This journey began when he was a child acting on stage and includes recent well-known roles on TV.
