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OLEAN — The Olean First Baptist Senior Choir will present the musical “I Know My Redeemer Lives” during the 9:30 a.m. worship service on Palm Sunday, ...

The cornerstone of the former Transfiguration Church on East Elm Street in North Olean, which was laid on June 23, 1902, was removed 23 years ago almo...

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...

When 8-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon wrote a letter to the editor of New York’s Sun, the quick response was printed as an unsigned editorial Sept. 21, 18...

OLEAN — The Senior Choir of Olean First Baptist Church, 133 S. Union St., will present the cantata “Messiah-Heaven’s Glory” at 7 p.m. Saturday. The se...

Greetings from Saint Louis on Thanksgiving Day. I know this is appearing a week after Thanksgiving, but maybe this will help us give thanks one more t...

We just celebrated Thanksgiving and I hope yours was a good one with family, friends and good food. It’s also a holiday that should give us pause, a s...

ALLEGANY — The St. Elizabeth Motherhouse welcomes Jackie Moore as the new administrator of the building that houses 50 Franciscan Sisters Moore said t...

OLEAN — The Interfaith Community of Olean will host an interfaith dialogue on “Funeral Rituals and the Afterlife” beginning at 7 p.m. Monday at the Ol...

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...

ST. BONAVENTURE — St. Bonaventure University is celebrating Francis Week with several activities this week, culminating with a concert Friday. The the...

LONDON (TNS) — Britain bade its final farewell to Queen Elizabeth II on Monday, honoring its longest-reigning monarch with a state funeral that provid...

LOS ANGELES (TNS) — King James I of England gets most of the credit for turning the Bible into an all-time bestseller, but remember it was King Henry ...

“Many religions have festivals which celebrate light overcoming darkness ... They seem to speak to every culture, and appeal to people of all faiths, ...

OLEAN -- A candlelight vigil in Lincoln Park marked International Overdose Awareness Day for the sixth year in a row. Around 100 people attended the v...

ST. BONAVENTURE — Twelve individuals from various Franciscan institutions across the world have graduated from the Franciscan Institute’s Padua Progra...

OLEAN — A second Santa Claus Lane ornament for the 2022 holiday season has been revealed. In honor of the First Presbyterian Church of Olean’s 200th a...

Sunday marks the 50th year that Father’s Day has officially been observed in the United States. President Richard Nixon signed a proclamation in 1972 ...