LANCASTER, NY (WKBW) — With so much controversy surrounding the Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo, from the sex abuse scandal to the massive church closings, some Catholics are losing their ...

He also oversaw the ecumenical council at Chalcedon in A.D. 451, which is where the Roman Catholic Church affirmed the dual nature of Christ as divine and human. Pope Leo I set a high bar for all ...

The law requires Catholic priests to break the confessional seal to report information about suspected child abuse or neglect.

Mary Theresa Petrich recalled walking from Hatfield Street in Lawrenceville over the 40th Street Bridge and up the hill to St. Nicholas Roman Catholic Croatian Church in Millvale to attend Sunday ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — A final Mass was held Saturday at two local Roman Catholic churches, which are being closed as part of the Buffalo Diocese consolidation plan. At St. Thomas Aquinas at 450 Abbott ...

The Catholic News Agency earlier this year reported a slight increase in the number of Catholics globally, with the population growing to 1.406 billion in 2023 from 1.39 billion in 2022.

Roman-trained and deferential to Roman authority, he personified a broad change in the style of episcopal leadership that occurred throughout the Roman Catholic church in America. He brooked no ...

One of the 133 cardinals voting to decide who becomes the next pope of the Catholic Church has ties to western Iowa. U.S Cardinal Daniel DiNardo prepares to leave the Pontifical North American ...

OLYMPIA, WA. - The Justice Department (DOJ) filed a lawsuit Monday, June 23, against Washington state over a new law the ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — On Easter Monday the world received the news that Pope Francis has died, announced by the Vatican at 7:35 a.m. Many Western New York Catholics are now reacting to the news and ...

Now predominantly Muslim, North Africa was once a Christian heartland, producing Catholic popes who left their mark on the Church to this day. Their papacies were in the era of the Roman Empire ...