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The pastor of the Olean and Allegany parishes in the Enchanted Mountains Catholic Community said Thursday that any election of a new pontiff is a wond...

AsJorge Mario Bergoglioprepared to assume the papacy, he chose a new name: Francis. That choice was a tribute toSt. Francisof Assisi and set the stage...

Episcopal bishops in the 1980s were already used to urgent calls from journalists seeking comments on issues ranging from gay priests to gun control, ...

BUFFALO — The late Bishop Edward U. Kmiec, 13th bishop of the Diocese of Buffalo who died late Saturday, will lie in state in the main sanctuary of th...

I saw a recent report that Pope Francis, in 2018, made an agreement with China’s communist government to allow it to appoint Catholic bishops in China...

Due to the health risks posed by the novel coronavirus Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger temporarily dispenses the Catholic faithful from the obligation...

BRADFORD, Pa. — Open Arms Church of Bradford will host Bishop Linda Adams on Sunday, where she is scheduled to speak during the church’s regular servi...

Buffalo Diocese Bishop Richard Malone is reportedly stepping down on Wednesday. Several Western New York media outlets cite a report by Catholic journ...

I am Catholic. Bishop Malone was asked earlier this month to resign, both by Road to Recovery and Movement to Restore Trust (MRT). Other organizations...

BUFFALO — Bishop Richard J. Malone, saying, “I don’t feel it’s time for me to move on,” declared Wednesday he will not step down, hours after a WKBW-T...

HINSDALE — The town of Hinsdale hasn’t had a municipal garage for a year and a half since a fire destroyed their former facility. That’s set to change...

BUFFALO — The Movement to Restore Trust has suggested reforms for the Catholic Diocese of Buffalo in light of its clergy sexual abuse scandal, from cr...

HINSDALE – Flights were grounded for most of Saturday at the Southern Tier Aero Radio Society’s 42nd annual Model Airshow and Fun Fly due to — you gue...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — An online petition is calling for the resignation of the bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Buffalo, New York — who has so far res...

(TNS) “I don’t think this is some massive, massive crisis,” said Cardinal Donald Wuerl, the Catholic archbishop of Washington, D.C., in a statement th...

ALLEGANY — As Bishop Philip Dickman of the Miracema Dioceses in central Brazil walked past a bin of fresh green beans at Canticle Farm, he was handed ...

Anyone who commits sexual abuse should go to jail, including Catholic priests. Of the 42 priests listed in March by the Buffalo Diocese as having been...

BRADFORD, Pa. — Five years after his conviction for having an inappropriate relationship with a teenage boy, former Bradford priest Samuel Slocum has ...