Tag: Diocese of Buffalo
Priest shortage, declining Mass attendance causes Diocese of Buffalo to create...
In what increasingly represents a pattern in the Northeast and Midwest, the Diocese of Buffalo, New York, on May 28 announced a restructuring plan...
Stretch of horrid weather in Buffalo keeps people from Christmas Mass,...
Father Paul Seil experienced a Christmas unlike any other in his 67 years of life in Buffalo, New York.
In the midst of the multiday...
Venerable Nelson Baker of Buffalo — ‘Padre of the poor’ —...
WASHINGTON -- For the world-renowned emblems of the Catholic faith, such as St. Teresa of Kolkata, elevation to sainthood comes fairly quickly following their...
New protocols placed in the Diocese of Buffalo after lawsuit regarding...
BUFFALO, N.Y.-- The Diocese of Buffalo and the New York attorney general's office have reached a settlement in a 2020 civil lawsuit filed by...
U.S. bishops on violence: ‘Say no to rotten forces of racism,...
WASHINGTON -- Several U.S. Catholic bishops expressed sorrow and called out racism and gun violence after reports of a May 14 mass shooting in...
Incoming Diocese of Buffalo Bishop Michael W. Fisher emphasizes healing a...
WASHINGTON -- Nobody said it was going to be easy in being placed in charge of a diocese where "60 Minutes" did a story...
Washington Auxiliary Bishop Michael W. Fisher appointed to Diocese of Buffalo
WASHINGTON — Pope Francis has named Bishop Michael W. Fisher, an auxiliary bishop of Washington since June 2018, to head the Diocese of Buffalo,...
Buffalo Diocese reviews vision for services, education, renewal in dealing with...
Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger, apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Buffalo, has launched a broad-based initiative focused on reenvisioning the mission of the Catholic...
New York Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger explains why priests accused of...
BUFFALO, N.Y. — The bishop serving as apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Buffalo said he regretted the “pain and further disillusionment” of clergy...
Buffalo Diocese files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in New York
BUFFALO, N.Y -- Facing dozens of lawsuits alleging child sexual abuse by clergy, the Diocese of Buffalo has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
The...