Buffalo native Nick Sinatra has the distinction of being one of the first Western New Yorkers to meet the first American pope, Leo XIV. Sinatra, a board member of the National Italian American Foundation, visited Rome in early June as part of the foundation’s 50th anniversary. The papal visit was arranged by the governor of […]
In November 2023, I was in my first year as grand knight for St. Augustine’s Council 7273, in the northern New York town of Peru, when an article in the Knights of Columbus’ Columbia magazine piqued my interest. The article, titled “At the Heart of Our Mission,” described a pilot of a new supreme council […]
LIMA, Peru — The current bishop of Chiclayo, Peru, Most Rev. Edinson Farfán, is publicly defending the actions of his predecessor, Bishop Robert Prevost – now Pope Leo XIV – in the face of accusations that he covered up sexual abuse in the diocese. Responding to a question at a press conference about the issue, […]
VATICAN CITY — Father Hugo Gabriel Sánchez of Chiclayo, Peru, had been planning a trip with his mother for months to visit various Marian shrines in Europe, such as Fátima, Medjugorje and Lourdes, with of course a final stop in Rome. What this diocesan priest could never have imagined was that his arrival in Rome […]
