More than 9,000 Catholic employers do not need to abide by federal regulations protecting workers who seek abortions and fertility treatments under a ruling issued this week ...

Parishioners received letters from the Vatican indicating that their appeals have been acknowledged and that a thorough review will happen in Rome before decisions are finalized.

An early Easter miracle has arrived for three Niagara County Catholic churches on the verge of closure. The Dicastery for Clergy at the Vatican has taken up the case of 14 Western New York churches ...

More than a dozen parishes in the Diocese of Buffaloj, New York, have received a temporary reprieve from the Vatican ...

The Dicastery for Clergy at the Vatican has taken up the case of 14 Western New York churches that were slated to close or ...

The fight to keep parish churches open as the Diocese of Buffalo targets them for closure or mergers is organized and gaining ...

The Diocese of Buffalo was notified Monday by the Dicastery for Clergy that merger or closure plans for 14 parishes had been ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — On Tuesday, a higher power stepped into the ongoing fight by Buffalo churches to stay open. The Vatican sent letters to nearly a dozen churches across Western New York, saying that it ...

The Diocese of Buffalo has acknowledged that appeals have been sent to Rome regarding closure or merger decisions.

The Vatican has responded to 14 area churches slated to close or merge as part of the Diocese of Buffalo’s Road to Renewal.

The closing and sale of a Catholic school in Venango County is helping another school in that area continue its mission.

Ten more Buffalo and Western New York churches will remain open following the Vatican accepting their appeals. The following ...