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Will a Buffalo Catholic church become a mosque? Here’s what to know
By Jonah McKeown CNA Staff, Aug 13, 2024 / 15:32 pm After a viral social media post on Sunday highlighted the sale of a prominent Catholic church in Buffalo to a Muslim group, the timeline for the church’s ultimate conversion to a mosque remains unclear. The Diocese of Buffalo sold the former St. …
Historic New York church with link to John Paul II struggles to stay open
By Daniel Payne CNA Staff, Apr 21, 2024 / 06:00 am A historic Polish Catholic church in Buffalo, New York — one with a unique connection to St. John Paul II — is facing tens of thousands of dollars in bills that threaten to close the nearly-century-old structure. Father Czeslaw Krysa, …
Bishop condemns ‘abhorrently evil’ slaying of 10 at Buffalo supermarket
By CNA Staff Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 15, 2022 / 06:16 am Ten people were killed and three others injured Saturday when a teenage gunman opened fire with an assault rifle at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York. Authorities are calling the mass shooting a racially motivated hate crime and say …
Diocese of Buffalo drafting parish grouping plan
Denver, Colo., May 10, 2021 / 14:00 pm America/Denver (CNA). The Diocese of Buffalo is preparing to draft a plan for regrouping parishes, with a finalized plan due in September. Bishop Michael Fisher told participants at a May 8 virtual meeting that the plan will include the creation of “families” …
Pope Francis names new bishop of scandal-ridden Buffalo diocese
Vatican City, Dec 1, 2020 / 05:45 am MT (CNA).- Pope Francis Tuesday appointed Bishop Michael Fisher, an auxiliary of Washington, to be the next bishop of the scandal-ridden Diocese of Buffalo, New York. Fisher, 62, will take over leadership of Buffalo as the diocese faces a new lawsuit from …
Scharfenberger to close Buffalo’s Christ the King Seminary
Buffalo, N.Y., Feb 4, 2020 / 02:45 pm (CNA).- The interim leader in the Diocese of Buffalo announced Tuesday that the diocesan seminary will suspend its operations at the end of the current semester. Although Christ the King Seminary has been at the center of recent controversies in the embattled …
Friday Photo: Catholic Press in a Cathedral
Staff Report Today is the final day of the annual Catholic Media Conference. At this event, members of the Catholic Press Association and other Catholic media organizations come together to share best practices, network and engage in fellowship. The Catholic Telegraph’s New Media Editor, John Stegeman, is attending the conference …
