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‘God is real,’ says Buffalo Bills QB Josh Allen after game honoring Damar Hamlin
By Joe Bukuras Boston, Mass., Jan 9, 2023 / 12:00 pm There’s been a lot of God talk around the professional sports world since NFL safety for the Buffalo Bills Damar Hamlin suffered cardiac arrest during a game last week. After the Bills defeated the New England Patriots on Sunday in stunning fashion, …
Outpouring of prayers for NFL player Damar Hamlin from Catholic high school, fellow players
By Joe Bukuras Boston, Mass., Jan 3, 2023 / 12:30 pm Buffalo Bills’ safety Damar Hamlin, in critical condition after suffering cardiac arrest during an NFL football game Monday night, is receiving an outpouring of prayers and support from his Catholic high school in Pittsburgh, his former college, and from players …
Pope Francis names new auxiliary bishop for Diocese of Pittsburgh
by CNA Staff Vatican City, Nov 5, 2021 / 09:00 am Pope Francis on Friday named a new auxiliary bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The pope appointed Fr. Mark A. Eckman to the post on Nov. 5, assigning him the titular see of Sitifi. Eckman is the pastor of Resurrection Parish …
Priests share hope for new Pittsburgh parish in Black Catholic tradition
by Kate Veik Denver Newsroom, Mar 13, 2021 / 02:00 am MT (CNA).- Last summer, Bishop David Zubik of Pittsburgh made an important announcement. St. Benedict the Moor, a historic parish in the Hill District near downtown Pittsburgh, would become a personal parish in the Black Catholic tradition. Most parishes …
Diocese of Pittsburgh announces its third round of parish mergers
CNA Staff, Nov 30, 2020 / 06:08 pm MT (CNA).- The Diocese of Pittsburgh has announced that it will initiate its third round of parish mergers early next year, reducing its current 107 parishes to 81. The mergers will take effect January 4, creating 14 groupings of parishes from 40 …
Ex-chaplain to Pittsburgh Steelers named bishop of Youngstown, Ohio
by Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Nov 17, 2020 / 06:00 am MT (CNA).- Pope Francis Tuesday named Pittsburgh priest Fr. David J. Bonnar the next bishop of Youngstown, Ohio. Bonnar, 58, succeeds Bishop George Murry, S.J., who died June 5 from acute leukemia. The bishop-elect is pastor of St. Aidan …
170 years after pandemic, Pittsburgh Catholics continue cholera Mass tradition
by Perry West Denver Newsroom, Aug 20, 2020 / 12:25 am MT (CNA).- For more than 170 years, Catholics in Pittsburgh have observed a day of thanksgiving for their parish’s deliverance from a cholera pandemic that killed hundreds of local people in the mid-1800s. The annual Cholera Day Mass is …
Pittsburgh diocese to open personal parish to serve black Catholics
CNA Staff, Jun 22, 2020 / 04:41 pm MT (CNA).- Black Catholics in Pittsburgh will have a personal parish to respond to their specific needs, Bishop David Zubik has said in response to local requests and a listening session held in early 2020. “Along with their sincere enthusiasm and passion …
Diocese of Pittsburgh announces next round of parish mergers
CNA Staff, May 28, 2020 / 04:17 pm MT (CNA).- This summer, the Diocese of Pittsburgh will initiate another round of mergers, bringing its current 152 parishes down to 106. While the consolidation is difficult, Pittsburgh Bishop David Zubik said, it will allow the Church to more effectively carry out …
Pittsburgh diocese announces next round of parish mergers
Pittsburgh, Pa., Dec 16, 2019 / 01:42 pm (CNA).- The Diocese of Pittsburgh has announced that next month 26 existing parishes will be merged into eight new parishes as part of the “On Mission for the Church Alive!” strategic planning initiative. “For more than a year, you have journeyed together …
