WASHINGTON (CNS) — The “gravity” of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and “the lack of availability of alternative vaccines,” are “sufficiently serious” reasons to accept the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna vaccines, the chairmen of the U.S. bishops’ doctrine and pro-life committees said Dec. 14. “Receiving the COVID-19 vaccine ought to be understood as an act of charity […]
The parishes of the Diocese of Buffalo will hold the annual Retirement Fund for Religious collection this weekend, Dec. 12-13. Please visit Share in the care site to make an online donation anytime. In 1988, Catholic bishops of the United States launched the Retirement Fund for Religious to address the significant lack of retirement funding […]
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Anyone who thinks eternal life will be boring should ask a couple in love whether they want that love to endure forever, said the preacher of the papal household. Human beings are “finite beings capable of the infinite, mortal beings with an innate yearning for immortality,” said Cardinal Raniero Cantalamessa, offering […]
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 […]
Sister Mary Bronisia Muzalewski, 95, a Felician Sister for 75 years, died in Harris Hill Nursing Facility, Williamsville, on Dec. 7, 2020. The former Dorothy Muzalewski was born on Sept. 27, 1925, in Buffalo, and was a member of St. Adalbert Parish. She entered the Buffalo Province of the Felician Sisters on July 9, 1945, […]
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 […]
Sister Mary Presentia Stawicki died peacefully on Nov. 25, 2020, in the 89th year of life and the 71st year of religious life. Sophia Stawicki was born on May 16, 1931, in Medina to Felix and Hedwig (nee Ciosek) Stawicki. On Jan. 5, 1948, she entered the convent as a postulant and professed her final […]
Sister Anne Lehner, who fled communist attacks in her native Hungary and later rose to general moderator of her order, died Nov. 19, 2020. Sister Anne was born to Elizabeth Schandl and Alajos Lehner in Romand, a village in Hungary on Jan. 14, 1924. Her mother died in 1927, leaving Anne and her sisters half-orphaned. […]
