The Octave Day of Christmas, Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God

Happy New Year! What a whirl 2022 has been. 

SJV, RBC girls and St. Rose boys basketball enjoy success over holidays

They are called "the Holidays," but they aren't really time off for high school basketball teams ...

Papal message for World Peace Day: War, hunger, turmoil are connected

The interconnected "moral, social, political and economic crises" facing the world cannot be ...

Eritrean authorities free Catholic bishop held 75 days in prison

Eritrean authorities have freed Catholic Bishop Fikremariam Hagos Tsalim..

UPDATE: Pope Francis asks prayers for ailing Pope Benedict

The day after Pope Francis told people retired Pope Benedict was "very sick" and ...

Papal calendar: 2023 holds important events for Pope Francis

Pope Francis will soon pack his bags for his first foreign trip of 2023, a year that promises to be as busy as ever.

Seminarian's cross made from an old pew part of new seminary's future

Everybody needs a hobby, as the saying goes, including seminarians.

Father Koch: Mary is above all else the Mother of God

There is likely no full accounting of all of the various names and titles by which ...

Haciendo que el Año Nuevo sea feliz y mejor

Era el año 1859. El lugar era la Europa del siglo XIX

Making the new year happy and better

The year was 1859.  The place was 19th century Europe.

The Spirit of Christmas: Parish events help families engage in season

Parishes in the Diocese made an extra effort to ...

Papa: Escuchen el llanto del recién nacido Príncipe de la Paz

Con el nacimiento de Jesús, Dios se hizo carne para...

Love comes first, Pope says in letter on teaching of St. Francis de Sales

The most important question a Christian can ask when making any decision in life is "where the greatest love is to be found," Pope Francis wrote in a letter marking the 400th anniversary of St. Francis de Sales, a doctor of the Church.

El obispo pide a la familia diocesana que se una a la oración mundial por el Papa Benedicto

El obispo David M. O'Connell, C.M., emitió la siguiente declaración...  

Papa Francisco pide oraciones para Benedicto XVI

Diciendo que el Papa emérito Benedicto XVI se encuentra...

Supreme Court keeps Title 42 restriction on border entry in place for now

In an end-of-the year decision, the Supreme Court said Dec. 27 that ...

Bishop asks diocesan family to join in worldwide prayer for Pope Benedict

Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M., issued the following statement...

Pope Francis says retired Pope Benedict is 'very sick'

Saying that retired Pope Benedict XVI was "very sick," Pope Francis asked people to offer special prayers for him.

Priest weathers Christmas blizzard on fireboat celebrating Mass for two

Father Paul Seil experienced a Christmas unlike any other in his 67 years of life in Buffalo, New York.

RCIA leader meetings to be held in person, virtually in January

Ministry teams for the Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults are invited to attend one of two ...

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