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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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

The Vatican this week released an eye-popping report documenting how Theodore McCarrick, the defrocked former cardinal archbishop of Washington, D.C.,...

The Pope Francis documentary, “Francesco,” has certainly commanded some attention. Longtime pope followers like me know to take the hubbub with a grai...

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...

NEW YORK (AP) — Christians around the world celebrated Easter Sunday isolated in their homes by the coronavirus while pastors preached the faith’s joy...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis offered a Christmas message of hope Wednesday against darkness that cloaks conflicts and relationships in large parts...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

PORTVILLE — Authorities reportedly discovered a methamphetamine lab after searching a Portville home Tuesday. The Southern Tier Regional Drug Task For...

ST. BONAVENTURE — St. Bonaventure University’s Board of Trustees has voted to rescind an honorary degree awarded to former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick...

ST. BONAVENTURE — St. Bonaventure University’s Board of Trustees has voted to rescind an honorary degree awarded to former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick...