This weekend, December 12 – 13, the Diocese of Buffalo is participating in and encouraging support of the national Retirement Fund for the Religious Appeal. Proceeds from this annual appeal are used to assist in the health care and maintenance expenses of retired religious order nuns, brothers and priests. These retired religious women and men […]
Waiting is a natural part of life. But it’s often hard to wait. And in our modern world which pampers us in so many ways with instant gratification, we expect things to happen, well … instantly. And when they don’t, we often quickly become impatient. If when the traffic light turns green and the person […]
An Advent wreath is seen as Pope Francis leads his general audience in the library of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican Dec. 9, 2020. The pope continued his series of talks on prayer, reflecting on prayers of petition. (CNS photo/Vatican Media) VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Praying to God in times of joy and sorrow […]
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis sought the intercession of the first Indigenous saint of the Americas as COVID-19 continued to devastate many Latin American countries. While greeting Spanish-speaking faithful during his weekly general audience Dec. 9, the pope marked the feast day of St. Juan Diego, “whom Our Lady of Guadalupe chose as her […]
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Marking the 150th anniversary of St. Joseph being declared patron of the universal church, Pope Francis proclaimed a yearlong celebration dedicated to the foster father of Jesus. In a Dec. 8 apostolic letter, “Patris Corde” (“With a father’s heart”), the pope said Christians can discover in St. Joseph, who often goes […]
Pope Francis started feast of the Immaculate Conception early this morning with outing that began with praying at a Marian statue at the Spanish Steps. Followed by Mass in the Chapel of the Nativity Scene at the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome and praying in front of the Marian icon “Salus Populi Romani” […]
Buffalo media had the opportunity to meet Buffalo’s new bishop on Tuesday, Dec. 1, through a Zoom press conference. Bishop Michael W. Fisher, currently the auxiliary bishop of Washington, D.C., was unable to travel to the Nickel City due to Covid restrictions. Although he will lead a diocese of 571,000 Catholic, Bishop Fisher said that […]
On this Giving Tuesday Pope Francis has given the gift of Auxiliary Bishop Michael William Fisher to the Diocese of Buffalo as the 15th Bishop of the diocese. “I am deeply humbled and grateful to the Holy Father for this gift to serve the people of Buffalo as their bishop,” said Bishop Fisher. “I am […]
Late on November 25, 2020, the Supreme Court of the United States issued an opinion in the case of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn, New York vs. Andrew Cuomo, Governor of New York. The 5 to 4 decision pertains to the state’s ability to restrict capacity in houses of worship. See: http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf/20a87_4g15.pdf In keeping […]
We will be reviewing this lawsuit just announced by the New York Attorney General and weighing the Diocese’s response. In the meantime, we wish to reiterate that there is zero tolerance for sexual abuse of a minor or of sexual harassment of an adult in the Diocese of Buffalo by any member of the clergy, […]
