Vatican News – At 9:30 a.m. Vatican time, on the parvis of St. Peter’s Basilica, the Holy Father Francis presided over the funeral Holy Mass for the late Supreme Pontiff Emeritus Benedict XVI. The Eucharistic celebration was followed by the Ultima Commendatio and the Valedictio. The coffin of the Supreme Pontiff Emeritus was taken to […]
At the beginning of his catechesis at the Wednesday General Audience, Pope Francis paid tribute to his predecessor, the late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, whose funeral will be held on Thursday. Thousands of pilgrims gathered in the Paul VI Audience Hall in the Vatican to hear the pope and pay their respects to the pope […]
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis will soon pack his bags for his first foreign trip of 2023, a year that promises to be as busy as ever. The pope, who celebrated his 86th birthday Dec. 17, can move quickly – in a wheelchair – and keeps saying in interviews that a functioning head and […]
Despite the overturning of Roe v. Wade earlier this year, the annual March for Life will take place Friday, Jan. 20, in Washington, D.C. The Office of Pastoral Ministries will host a trip to the national capitol to participate in the annual effort to end abortion. Busses depart the diocese on Thursday, Jan. 19. The […]
The diocesan African American Commission and the Office of Cultural Diversity will sponsor the annual Martin Luther King Memorial Mass & Scholarship Award on Sunday, Jan. 15 at 9:30 a.m., at St. Martin de Porres Parish in Buffalo. Bishop Michael W. Fisher will be on hand to celebrate this year’s Mass and help present the […]
What is the greatest lesson you learned from Covid-19? For Pope Francis it is that “we all need one another.” So true, and yet, so often ignored. With this essential, foundational life lesson, the Holy Father builds a New Year’s invitation for global peace. In his Jan. 1, 2023, World Day of Peace message […]
Bishop Michael W. Fisher will celebrate a special Mass for the Repose of the Soul of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 4, at St. Joseph Cathedral in downtown Buffalo. The public is graciously invited to attend the Mass which also will be livestreamed via the Cathedral’s YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/SaintJosephCathedral Pope […]
Father Robert A. Martin, who has served the diocese for 39 years in priestly ministry, died Dec. 20, 2022. Born Dec. 27, 1945, in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, to John and Irene (Sokolowski) Martin, Father Martin attended PS #44, Canisius High School, both in Buffalo. After a year and a half in the U.S. Army, where he […]
CNA — Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, a leading theologian of the 20th century and the first pope to resign from office in nearly 600 years, has died at the age of 95, the Vatican announced. His death was announced in Rome on Dec. 31. His funeral Mass will be held on Jan. 5, 2023, in […]
Bishop Michael W. Fisher, Bishop of the Diocese of Buffalo has released the following statement on the death of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI…. We honor and celebrate the memory of Pope Benedict XVI who served so long and well the Church he loved intensely as a true “Servant of the Servants of God.” His keen […]
