The African-American Commission of the Buffalo Diocese celebrates Black Catholic History month in November. This year marks the 11th anniversary of the African-American Commission. Its mission is to address the social, economic and spiritual concerns of all African-American Catholics, to promote leadership, foster evangelization, and address issues of racial injustice in the Diocese of Buffalo.According […]
In his homily at Mass for the feast of Christ the King, Pope Francis said young people today should not waste their lives dreaming of obtaining trivial things but aspire to the greatness God wants for them.
One of the many components that New York state declared must be included in the reopening plans of schools in the wake of Covid was addressing social-emotional well-being. Mount Mercy Academy has gone well above and beyond this mandate, including instituting a Mental Health Monday during each of the four school marking periods. Mental Health […]
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — As Washington’s new cardinal and with a Catholic soon to be living in the White House, Cardinal-designate Wilton D. Gregory said he hopes to collaborate where possible while respectfully pointing out where President-elect Joe Biden’s policies diverge from Catholic teaching. In a Zoom interview Nov. 24 from the Vatican’s Domus Sanctae […]
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, […]
Children have an uncanny ability to ask questions whose answers are not simple. The curiosity and simplicity of children looking for answers to life’s deeper questions can both challenge and bring joy to an adult attempting to provide an answer in a meaningful and understandable way. Recently a child at faith formation asked, “How does God speak […]
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Young people today should not waste their lives dreaming of obtaining trivial things that provide only a fleeting moment of joy but aspire to the greatness God wants for them, Pope Francis said. Celebrating Mass on the feast of Christ the King Nov. 22, the pope told young people that God […]
With the recent increase in positive cases of Covid-19 placing many Western New York counties into the Orange Zone, Catholic schools in those areas will need to revert to the distance learning method of instruction implemented last spring with the pandemic first hit the area. Schools will be allowed to reopen if everyone in the […]
VATICAN CITY — Inspired by St. Francis of Assisi and by Pope Francis, 2,000 young adults met online to discuss making the economy more responsive to human dignity and more respectful of creation. The economists, entrepreneurs and “change-makers,” all of whom were under age 35, were not calling for an end to capitalism but for […]
