TONAWANDA — This past summer, Pope Francis traveled to Canada to recognize and apologize for the Catholic Church’s part in the formation of Indigenous residential schools. This apology was an acknowledgement that Native children were forcibly separated from their families in an effort to assimilate them into Christian society which ultimately led to horrible abuses […]
Msgr. Michael E. Del Vecchio, the longtime pastor of St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Lovejoy, died March 14, 2021. He was 92. Born Oct. 15, 1928, in Lackawanna, Msgr. Del Vecchio attended Our Lady of Victory Parish and School. He even received his first Communion from the now Venerable Nelson H. Baker. He went […]