Jay Tokasz

Jason T. Badagliacca, 38, of Orchard Park, pleaded guilty in May to one count of second-degree grand larceny after an audit uncovered the theft.

A federal judge on Thursday blocked part of a 2022 New York State law that banned legal gun owners from carrying firearms on private property without the expressed consent of the property owners.

The reversal of fortunes for the two Hamburg parishes was among a handful of similar situations across the eight-county diocese, where more than 70 churches are now slated for closure.

The diocese scheduled a news conference this morning with Bishop Michael W. Fisher and the Rev. Bryan Zielenieski to announce final plans for the entire diocese.

Active, former and retired employees who were enrolled in a defined benefit pension plan operated by the diocese and who did not take lump-sum buyouts offered twice previously may be eligible.

World Mission Society claims to be the lone church on Earth established by God to save humankind, and it has offered $3.8 million to buy the campus of the former Christ the King Seminary in the Town of Aurora.

The annual Catholic Charities of Buffalo appeal raised $8 million in 2024, a drop of $1.1 million from the previous year and the lowest amount generated through the appeal in decades.

Rev. Bryan Zielenieski, vicar for renewal for the Buffalo Diocese, discusses the final round of church closure recommendations that were delivered to clergy and parish leaders in suburban southern and eastern Erie County during a meeting Thursday at St. John Paul II parish in Lake View.

Council President Frederic J. Marrano discusses taxes before the Council amended the proposed budget.

Rev. Bryan Zielenieski describes the Buffalo Diocese’s plans to merge 15 parishes in Buffalo.