VATICAN CITY — More than 20,000 pilgrims from 90 countries – including patients, doctors, nurses, pharmacists, physiotherapists, and other health care professionals – participated in the Jubilee of the Sick and Health Care Workers at the Vatican over the weekend. The April 5-6 jubilee is one of the major celebrations of the 2025 Jubilee Year. […]
On Saturday, March 29, in the still cold early spring in downtown Buffalo, the Diocese of Buffalo celebrated the Lay Award of St. Joseph at the cathedral named for the foster father of our Lord and the loving husband of Mary during a 10 a.m. Saturday Mass. During his homily, Bishop Michael W. Fisher congratulated […]
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has advanced five people’s paths to sainthood after approving decrees promulgated by the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Causes of Saints on March 28. Blessed Peter To Rot of Papua New Guinea, Blessed Ignatius Shoukrallah Maloyan of Turkey, and Blessed María Carmen of Venezuela will be proclaimed saints of the Church. […]
Following an investigation into a possible eucharistic miracle at a local parish, the Archdiocese of Indianapolis announced Monday that scientific analysis indicated that the cause was natural, not miraculous. Last month, a post on X drew attention to what the post called a “‘potential’ eucharistic miracle” after a parish in southern Indiana discovered a host […]
A new study shows that after many years of steady decline, the share of Americans who identify as Christians shows signs of leveling off. According to a massive new Pew Research Center survey, slightly above 60 percent of Americans identify as Christian. The Religious Landscape Study (RLS) is the largest single survey Pew Research conducts, […]
The Together in Christ Family of Parishes will host Life In The Eucharist (LITE) at Our Lady of Peace Church in Clarence, from 7-8 p.m. for five Wednesdays beginning on April 30. The adult faith formation program is a spiritual experience based on five specific themes that explore the Eucharistic mystery. Themes include: God’s Love […]
BELFAST, Northern Ireland — Inspired by St. Patrick’s “Confessions,” in which the patron of Ireland states “I arose as many as 100 times at night to pray,” a group of Christians gathered at dawn on March 17 around St. Patrick’s grave in Downpatrick, County Down, in Ireland to pray the Our Father 100 times for […]
MADRID — In his latest pastoral letter, the prelate of Opus Dei, Msgr. Fernando Ocáriz, reflected on how Christians should live joyfully in the context of “difficult times.” “Joy, in general, is the effect of the possession and experience of something good. Depending on the type of goodness, joy has a greater or lesser intensity […]
His wife calls him a “pretty good non-Catholic Catholic.” Among 90 other catechumens in the sanctuary of St. Joseph Cathedral, Andrew Calderon prepared to join the Catholic faith. “I should have done this a long time ago,” he said. Calderon, who celebrated his 80th birthday on March 9, the day of the Rite of Election, […]
The Rite of Election closes the period of the Catechumenate, when those choosing to join the Catholic faith pledge fidelity and begin a period of purification and enlightenment. On March 9, catechumens and candidates joined Bishop Michael W. Fisher at the altar of St. Joseph Cathedral for the Rite of Election Mass. Catechumens are non-baptized […]
