Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Jan 06, 2023
Pope Francis, 1.3 billion Catholics and the rest of humanity say goodbye today to Joseph Ratzinger after 95 years on Earth. A young man who lived thro...
Oct 07, 2022
In his historic address to Congress on Sept. 26, 2015, Pope Francis singled out four “great Americans”: Martin Luther King Jr. and Abraham Lincoln, as...
Local Columnists, Nation World
Dec 16, 2020
Remember that ‘80s song “I Need a Hero”? This whole year has me singing the chorus quite a bit. That’s why Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are Time magazi...
Allegany County News, Cattaraugus County, Local News, ...
Dec 01, 2020
Washington, D.C. Auxiliary Bishop Michael William Fisher has been appointed by Pope Francis as the 15th bishop of the Diocese of Buffalo. “Today the A...
News, NY State News
Nov 27, 2020
SYRACUSE (TNS) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Dr. Anthony Fauci have been nominated for Time’s Person of the Year. Time magazine released its list of reader ...
Local Columnists, Nation World
Nov 16, 2020
The Vatican this week released an eye-popping report documenting how Theodore McCarrick, the defrocked former cardinal archbishop of Washington, D.C.,...
Local Columnists, Nation World
Oct 29, 2020
The Pope Francis documentary, “Francesco,” has certainly commanded some attention. Longtime pope followers like me know to take the hubbub with a grai...
Leters to the Editor
May 08, 2020
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...
Coronavirus, News
Apr 13, 2020
NEW YORK (AP) — Christians around the world celebrated Easter Sunday isolated in their homes by the coronavirus while pastors preached the faith’s joy...
Local News, News
Dec 25, 2019
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis offered a Christmas message of hope Wednesday against darkness that cloaks conflicts and relationships in large parts...
Lifestyle
Oct 04, 2019
Yes, it is me again this week. Last week, I wrote a simple article that featured our dog, Percy. There are many people who know Percy and commented ho...
Local News, News
Aug 23, 2019
ALLEGANY — When Sister Therese Joyce came into the world 100 years ago this month, her birthplace, in a small, thatched house in Ireland, was somethin...
Lifestyle
Jun 14, 2019
The history of the ecumenical movement has been written about in this space many times, so it is not necessary to repeat them now. For my Catholic com...
Local News, News
Mar 01, 2019
Hope. That’s what Bradford native Jim VanSickle took away from the Vatican’s clergy abuse summit he attended last week in Rome. “This trip has become ...
Commentary, Leters to the Editor
Jan 30, 2019
Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill expanding abortion rights to women, but then in a speech also said he would do all he could to protect young people fr...
Cattaraugus County, Crime, Local News, ...
Oct 11, 2018
PORTVILLE — Authorities reportedly discovered a methamphetamine lab after searching a Portville home Tuesday. The Southern Tier Regional Drug Task For...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Sep 11, 2018
ST. BONAVENTURE — St. Bonaventure University’s Board of Trustees has voted to rescind an honorary degree awarded to former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick...
Local News, News, Western New York
Sep 10, 2018
ST. BONAVENTURE — St. Bonaventure University’s Board of Trustees has voted to rescind an honorary degree awarded to former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick...
Commentary, Opinion
June 16, 2025
LOS ANGELES (TNS) — President Donald Trump is enforcing immigration law, and for the first time in many decades immigration enforcement does not resem...
Local News, News
June 16, 2025
BELFAST — A newly constructed and reopened bridge on County Road 26 in the town of Belfast has been named the William “Bill” A. Nichols Bridge. Allega...
June 16, 2025
Donald L. Thierman, Sr. OLEAN --- Donald L. Thierman, Sr., 86, passed away peacefully Friday (June 13, 2025) at The Pines of Olean. Born August 14, 19...
Local News, News
June 16, 2025
CUBA — The village of Cuba hosted the Dairy Days 2025 celebration over the weekend, which featured the Community Yard Sale throughout the area on Satu...
