Our producer/reporter will be off the final week of June, but preparations are already being made for a July that will include coverage of two special events: a visit by the daughter of St. Gianna Molla to Western New York, and the National Eucharistic Congress being held in Indianapolis.

Michael Hahn, Michael Katilus, and Anthony Vilardo were ordained as permanent deacons during a Mass held Saturday, June 8 in St. Joseph Cathedral. Bishop Michael Fisher celebrated the Mass, joined by priests, deacons, and attended by family and friends of the newest deacons.

The Catholic Diocese of Buffalo welcomes three new permanent deacons into the community in 2024. Here we feature one of those new deacons, Anthony Vilardo.

We pray for a fruitful ministry and for more people to become inspired to hear and answer God's call to serve.

The Catholic Diocese of Buffalo welcomes three new permanent deacons into the community in 2024. Here we feature one of those new deacons, Michael Katilus.

We pray for a fruitful ministry and for more people to become inspired to hear and answer God's call to serve.

The Catholic Diocese of Buffalo welcomes three new permanent deacons into the community in 2024. Here we feature one of those new deacons, Michael Hahn.

We pray for a fruitful ministry and for more people to become inspired to hear and answer God's call to serve.

Venerable Father Nelson Baker, whose legacy includes Our Lady of Victory Basilica and several charitable institutions, is featured in a new comic book that will be distributed free to local Catholic schools. Dozens of students were the first to receive copies during a visit to the basilica Tuesday, June 4.

Juan Sebastian Aristizibal began the day a transitional deacon, but then became Father Sebastian. Bishop Michael led the Mass of Ordination, as Aristizibal became the Diocese of Buffalo's newest priest Saturday, June 1, 2024.

The Catholic Diocese of Buffalo, as part of its ongoing Road to Renewal, will undergo a consultative evaluation of its 160 parishes this summer and will soon identify parishes and worship sites for mergers with other parishes within the diocese’s 36 Families of Parishes. Following a meeting with priests Tuesday, May 28, leaders including Bishop Michael Fisher and Rev. Bryan Zielenieski, Vicar for Renewal and Development, hosted a news conference to announce this plan. This is the news conference in its entirety.

BREAKING NEWS - Pope Francis, in a decree issued May 23, 2024, has confirmed a miracle attributed to Blessed Carlo Acutis, and had announced that as a result the late Italian teenager will be canonized as the first millennial-generation saint in the Roman Catholic Church.

Our Lady of Victory National Shrine and Basilica, as well as OLV's adjacent buildings serving the legacy of Father Nelson Baker, will be added to the New York State and National Registers of Historic Places, it was announced Thursday, May 16, 2024.