On Saturday, May 17, from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m., Blessed Trinity Church (317 Leroy Ave., Buffalo) will participate in the New York Landmarks Conservancy’s 15 annual Sacred Sites Open House weekend with its theme of “Building for Eternity: Religious Architecture and Artisans.” Reflecting on the restoration and reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, […]
VATICAN CITY — Father Hugo Gabriel Sánchez of Chiclayo, Peru, had been planning a trip with his mother for months to visit various Marian shrines in Europe, such as Fátima, Medjugorje and Lourdes, with of course a final stop in Rome. What this diocesan priest could never have imagined was that his arrival in Rome […]
Catholic Charities of Buffalo is hosting its second Hops for HOPE at Resurgence Brewing as a celebration of the work of the agency and a call to support Appeal 2025. Following the success of the inaugural Hops for HOPE event last year, this year’s event is a weeklong celebration that kicks off on Friday, May […]
Pope Leo XIV on Saturday visited and prayed at a Marian shrine outside of Rome, greeting the community there and urging them to “be faithful to the Mother.” The Holy Father visited the Shrine of the Mother of Good Counsel in Genazzano on Saturday afternoon. The sanctuary, located about an hour east of Rome, is […]
Mrs. Mullins’ kindergarten class at Our Lady of Victory School wrote this prayer for mother’s everywhere.
The public is invited to pray Tuesday, May 13 at a Living Rosary in Honor of Mary, Our Mother of Hope, Healing and Peace, beginning at 7 p.m. at the outdoor grotto on the grounds of Our Lady Help of Christians Church, 4125 Union Road (corner of Genesee) in Cheektowaga. The prayer coincides with the […]
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, born 500 years ago in 1525, is considered one of the greatest composers of Catholic choral music. In the Diocese of Buffalo, the St. John Paul II Schola Cantorum will perform two concerts during the month of June to mark the milestone anniversary and celebrate his legacy. Their concert program, “Palestrina […]
Newly elected Pope Leo XIV will be inaugurated Sunday, May 18, the fifth Sunday of Easter, as part of a busy schedule announced Friday, May 9 by the Vatican Press Office. Pope Leo’s immediate appointments, occurring this weekend, include a meeting with cardinals Saturday, May 10, followed by the Regina Caeli prayer from the central […]
On May 8, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected Pope Leo XIV by the College of Cardinals as the 266th successor of St. Peter, making him the 267th pope and the first from the United States. Here are 14 things to know about Pope Leo XIV: 1. Robert Francis Prevost was born on Sept. 14, […]
For the first time in the more than 2,000-year history of the Roman Catholic Church, a cardinal from the United States has been elected pope. Robert Prevost, born in Chicago, was introduced to the world as Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican in the early evening hours of Thursday, May 8, 2025. His immediate predecessor, […]
