Tue, Apr 21st 2015 12:00 pm
Oklahoma City, Okla. (CNA) - As the Oklahoma City community continues to heal two decades after the horrific bombing that claimed the lives of 168 people, Archbishop Paul S. Coakley said he hopes people find mercy as well as justice in response to unspeakable acts of violence.
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Tue, Apr 21st 2015 09:00 am
Buffalo Bishop Richard J. Malone and the Office of Pro-Life Activities invite all to participate in prayer for a culture of life at 8 a.m. on Saturday, April 25, at the Rosary Novena for Life Mass at St. Rose of Lima Parish, 500 Parker Ave., Buffalo. All priests and deacons are invited to concelebrate and vest for Mass.
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Mon, Apr 20th 2015 01:00 pm
Washington D.C. (CNA/EWTN News) - The U.S. Supreme Court has continued its trend of decisions stopping enforcement of a federal contraception mandate against religious employers with moral objections.
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Mon, Apr 20th 2015 10:00 am
Sacred Heart Parish in Lakewood will host the Donut Man, who teaches children how to fill the holes in their lives. Rob Evans will perform at Southwestern School in Lakewood on Sunday, April 26, at 5 p.m.
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Sun, Apr 19th 2015 02:00 pm
Villa Maria College has appointed Don Silveri as director of athletics for the college's recently announced sports program. Silveri will bring 38 years of experience as an administrator and coach to re-build the program, while also serving as head coach of the men's basketball team, where his own coaching career began nearly 40 years ago.
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Sat, Apr 18th 2015 07:00 am
Chicago, Ill. (CNA/EWTN News) - Cardinal Francis George, the Emeritus Archbishop of Chicago, passed away Friday morning after a long batter with cancer.
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Fri, Apr 17th 2015 03:00 pm
The Department of Lifelong Faith Formation serves to support devout Catholics in maintaining their faith through all stages of their lives. Sister Barbara Schiavoni, GNSH, joined the department as associate director of adult faith formation in February, returning home after coming full circle in her ministry to serve her community.
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Fri, Apr 17th 2015 02:00 pm
In "Consider this...A Statue in My Yard," Bishop Richard J. Malone discusses the various good works of St. Vincent de Paul and how his charism is carried on through Sisters of Charity, Vincentian Fathers and the St. Vincent de Paul Society.
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Fri, Apr 17th 2015 08:00 am
Having recently celebrated the victory of Christ over sin and death on Easter Sunday, the Msgr. Theodore W. Kraus died on Monday, April 13, 2015. Ordained a Priest of the Diocese of Buffalo and having faithfully served here for many years, he moved to California for health reasons several years ago and was incardinated in the Diocese of Oakland.
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Thu, Apr 16th 2015 12:00 pm
Vatican City (CNA/EWTN News) - In a joint report marking the conclusion of a multi-year mandate for reform, members of the LCWR have agreed to corrections called for by the Vatican, and said they will continue on the path of dialogue.
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Thu, Apr 16th 2015 09:00 am
Throughout the Christmas season, the Diocese of Buffalo participated in a large-scale television and social media campaign called Catholics Come Home which intended to welcome Catholics who have fallen away from the faith for various reasons and no longer attend Mass on a regular basis.
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Wed, Apr 15th 2015 02:00 pm
For Catholics who would like to gain a better understanding of the role of the Holy Spirit in their prayer and faith lives, the diocesan office of Charismatic Renewal is sponsoring a Growth in the Spirit seminar on Saturday, April 18, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., at Our Lady of Pompeii Parish in Lancaster.
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Wed, Apr 15th 2015 01:00 pm
London, England (CNA/EWTN News) - When the Titanic began to sink on April 15, 1912, Father Thomas Byles had two opportunities to board a lifeboat.
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Wed, Apr 15th 2015 09:00 am
During this past Lenten season members of the diocesan African-American Commission studied the history of the African-American population in the Diocese of Buffalo. Their reflections composed an African-American Scripture Study based on local history.
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Tue, Apr 14th 2015 11:00 am
Vatican City (CNA/EWTN News) - Giving witness to Jesus Christ is more than mere advertising, Pope Francis said: it's the act of courage in proclaiming the Gospel "with frankness" even to the point of martyrdom.
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Tue, Apr 14th 2015 09:00 am
Pope Francis has clearly made his own this teaching of the council that "the well-being of the individual person and of human and Christian society is intimately linked with the healthy condition of that community produced by marriage and family." So it is that our Holy Father has convoked two synods of bishops in Rome to reflect on the joys and challenges of family life in our time.
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Mon, Apr 13th 2015 03:35 pm
Chancery bulletin announcements for the week of April 20, 2015.
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Mon, Apr 13th 2015 03:25 pm
Vatican City (CNA/EWTN News) - In a world marked by suffering and fierce persecution - especially of Christians - now "is the time for mercy," Pope Francis said, speaking at the vigil for the Feast of Divine Mercy.
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Mon, Apr 13th 2015 09:00 am
New York is facing three bills that could allow physician-assisted suicide to take place in the Empire State. The New York bishops are urging voters to prevent these bills from becoming law.
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Sat, Apr 11th 2015 02:00 pm
Washington D.C. (CNA/EWTN News) - The numbers are in: almost 600 Catholic men will be ordained priests for the U.S. in 2015, an increase of more than 100 from last year.
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Sat, Apr 11th 2015 08:00 am
Renee Resler Joffe, a volunteer for the Holocaust Resource Center's Speakers Bureau, spoke to Mount St. Mary Academy students on March 30, detailing her experiences in Occupied France. Joffe lived with her mother, father and younger sister in Paris during the outbreak of the war and first years of occupation, before escaping to Southern France.
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Fri, Apr 10th 2015 03:30 pm
New people are welcomed into the Church each year. Bishop Richard Malone refers to a homily by St. Augustine who compares new Christians to colony of bees in a new "Consider This."
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Fri, Apr 10th 2015 12:00 pm
Topeka, Kan. (CNA/EWTN News) - Kansas became on Tuesday the first state to ban abortions by a procedure known as "dilation and evacuation," which is common during second-trimester abortions and is called "dismemberment abortion" in the law.
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Fri, Apr 10th 2015 08:00 am
The former Franciscan Sisters of St. Joseph Motherhouse on South Park Ave., in Hamburg, will have new life as market rate apartments and town homes, follow the closing on the sale of the property on April 8.
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Thu, Apr 9th 2015 01:00 pm
Over the course of a month, we take a lot of photos for our newspaper, so it makes sense to run the best of the best in an exclusive photo gallery on our site. Take a look at the best pictures from around the Diocese of Buffalo this month by clicking here.
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Thu, Apr 9th 2015 08:00 am
Bishop Richard J. Malone will talk about family life and marriage as one of two keynote speakers at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast (NCPB), Thursday, May 7, at the Marriott Marquis in Washington, D.C. Texas Governor Greg Abbott is also scheduled to speak.
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Wed, Apr 8th 2015 02:00 pm
ROME, ITALY (CNA/EWTN News) - Pope Francis said Wednesday that children are never a mistake, and called adults out for building faulty systems that leave children exploited and abandoned, rather than treated as the blessings they are.
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Mon, Apr 6th 2015 10:00 am
Easter may be over for another year, but you can relive all the wonderful moments from Holy Week 2015 in our new photo gallery.
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Sun, Apr 5th 2015 06:10 am
The gift of the resurrection has been seen throughout the ages, as Bishop Richard J. Malone explains in his video homily for Easter Sunday.
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Sat, Apr 4th 2015 11:00 pm
As Holy Week began to draw to a close, Bishop Richard J. Malone welcomed the celebration of the Resurrection during an Easter Vigil at St. Joseph Cathedral in Buffalo Saturday night.
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Sat, Apr 4th 2015 06:00 pm
Bishop Richard J. Malone reminds us that Christ, risen from the dead is the ultimate reason for hope, to all who believe.
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Sat, Apr 4th 2015 08:00 am
The Resurrection of Jesus reminds us of the basic belief of our faith as St. Paul expressed perfectly in his first letter to the Corinthians 15:14 "... and if Christ has not been raised, then empty too is our preaching; empty too your faith."
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Fri, Apr 3rd 2015 08:00 am
VATICAN CITY (CNA) — During a recent general audience Pope Francis emphasized the certainty of Christ's presence in the world today, noting how His resurrection is an invitation to reject sin and be open to joy and hope.
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Thu, Apr 2nd 2015 08:00 am
ATHOL SPRINGS — The Franciscan Friars of Our Lady of the Angels Province, the board of trustees of St. Francis High School, has given final approval for the school to move forward with a multi-million dollar outdoor athletic complex redevelopment project. The province has also shown its support and dedication to the school by making a substantial donation.
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Wed, Apr 1st 2015 10:00 am
Faithful from across the Diocese of Buffalo filled St. Joseph Cathedral to capacity on Tuesday evening for the Chrism Mass, a highlight of Holy Week, as Bishop Richard J. Malone blessed three urns of oil: oil of the catechumens, oil of the chrism and oil of the sick.
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Tue, Mar 31st 2015 05:00 pm
At the close of Appeal Week 2015, Catholic Charities announced March 31, that 78.4 percent of their goal has been met. Donations will be accepted until the close of the fiscal year June 30. This year's goal is $10.9 million.
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Tue, Mar 31st 2015 01:50 pm
WASHINGTON—Thousands of people across the United States will be welcomed into the Catholic Church at this year's Easter vigil, April 4, including a retired Marine captain who appeared on the cover of National Geographic, a woman from The Gambia now living in the Pacific Northwest and a woman from Pittsburgh whose faith journey has drawn her own mother back to the Church.
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Mon, Mar 30th 2015 06:00 pm
My brother bishops and I are sorely disappointed in all of our political leaders in Albany, who again assured us of their strong personal support, but again could not deliver for the children of our state. Yet we have no alternative but to turn to them again and implore them to please pass this legislation once and for all before the close of the legislative session.
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Mon, Mar 30th 2015 04:00 pm
Chancery bulletin announcements for the week of March 30, 2015.
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Mon, Mar 30th 2015 10:40 am
Bishop Richard J. Malone is happy to welcome the Pauline Fathers (the Order of St. Paul the Hermit) in the leadership of St. Stanislaus Parish, 123 Townsend St., Buffalo, effective Apr. 12, Divine Mercy Sunday.
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