Focus is on nutrition on April's 'Our Daily Bread'
4/12/2013 10:56:16 AM by PAULA DEANGELIS

Try Googling “Top Nutrition Trends.” You’ll get site upon site of expert upon expert opinions and statistics stating we are not getting enough potassium; eat more fiber, anchovies; smelts are the fish to eat that contain the most vitamin D, trans fat, saturated fat, no fat, low fat, probiotic, probiotic, probiotic,;Chinese monk fruit is the answer to natural sweeteners, protein powder … the list goes on and on and on. 

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Thousands attend 'Invest in Education' rally at First Niagara Center
4/11/2013 8:01:00 AM by MARK CIEMCIOCH

More than 10,000 people, mostly Catholic school students, attended an “Invest in Education” rally at the First Niagara Center in downtown Buffalo Wednesday morning to support legislation that would provide tax credits for school expenses and donations.

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Cultural Diversity: We have a pope!
4/10/2013 2:12:19 PM by MILAGROS RAMOS

Once I heard the news that we have a pope, I got excited and nervous at the same time. In 2005, I was praying that the College of Cardinals would choose a person from Africa or Latin America and so when I heard it was not, I was a little disappointed but I trusted in the decision of the Holy Spirit in Pope Benedict XVI. This time around I did not expect it, so I almost fell off my chair and I started stomping my feet, jumping and dancing for joy at the first pope from Latin America. 

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Bishop Malone joyful about first Latin American pope
4/9/2013 3:16:00 PM by PATRICK J. BUECHI

Habemus Papam. We have a pope. And it’s one nobody outside the Vatican conclave expected. On various who-to-watch lists, names like Peter Turkson from Ghana, Angelo Scola from Italy, and even Timothy Dolan from New York City were common. No one predicted Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the cardinal of Buenos Aires, Argentina. read more...

FLASHBACK: John Beilein is a man of example and faith
4/8/2013 12:57:29 PM by CHRIS KUDIALIS

Western New York native and former head coach at Erie Community College and Canisius College John Beilein heads to his first national championship game tonight as his University of Michigan men's basketball team faces Louisville at 9 p.m.  The Western New York Catholic ran this story on Beilein discussing his Catholic faith in February 2011.

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Students, educators to rally in support of tax credit bill
4/5/2013 9:30:21 AM by ERIN TRESTER

The Education Investment Tax Credit Bill, designed to boost investment in New York’s private and public schools, is expected to draw approximately 10,000 students, parents, teachers and supporters from non-public schools to rally in support of the bill on April 10, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo. 

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Bishop Malone: We have a pope because we have Christ
4/3/2013 11:09:59 AM by BISHOP RICHARD J. MALONE

In my years as bishop of Portland in Maine, I had the privilege of participating in three World Youth Days, those electrifying encounters of young people from around the world with the Holy Father. I traveled with groups of young adults and teens from Maine to Cologne, Germany, Sydney, Australia, and Madrid, Spain.

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Latino community excited, surprised by election of new pope
4/1/2013 9:58:00 AM by PATRICK J. BUECHI

Just after 2 p.m. on Wednesday, March 6, an email went out to the staff members of the Catholic Center saying simply, “White smoke!!!” Many gathered in front of televisions and computer monitors, waiting impatiently to hear the name of the 266th pope. To their surprise it was that of Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires, Argentina. read more...

Bishop Malone talks Easter through video
3/29/2013 8:44:00 AM by SPECIAL TO WNYC

Bishop Richard J. Malone offers local Catholics Easter greetings through a series of videos produced by Daybreak TV Productions.

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EasterFest brings families together
3/28/2013 8:38:00 AM by ERIN TRESTER

By popular demand, EasterFest returned to the social center at St. Casimir Oratory in Buffalo for its one year anniversary.

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