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New strategy to settle abuse claims will have little impact on operation of Catholic parishes, ...

The Buffalo News 10 Jun 2026
Catholic parishes in Western New York agree they should pursue a rapid, pre-packaged bankruptcy process to settle child sex abuse claims and end the Buffalo Diocese’s prolonged Chapter 11 case ....
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‘Father Sipho,’ the roaming priest keeping Northern Idaho’s Catholic parishes running

The Spokesman-Review 08 Jun 2026
Mathabela has been a Catholic priest in the Diocese of Boise for nearly 20 years in the state of Idaho. His current home parish is St ... Stanislaus parish member for 27 years and head of the local Catholic men’s service group, the Knights of Columbus.
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Former Catholic parish school in Cheektowaga is about to get a new purpose

The Buffalo News 03 Jun 2026
A nonprofit agency that provides hearing, speech, ...
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Individual Catholic parishes to declare bankruptcy to resolve Buffalo Diocese Chapter 11 case

The Buffalo News 01 Jun 2026
The Buffalo Diocese will move to resolve its Chapter 11 bankruptcy case by having all parishes file for bankruptcy, as well, through a process known as “rapid prepackaged bankruptcy” that has been used in a couple other diocesan bankruptcy cases ....
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Why are many Catholic parishes growing, others dying? | Opinion

Abilene Reporter News 17 May 2026
Is the "big story" that some Catholic parishes are growing or that many others are dying? To answer that question, it's important to study other powerful trends in Catholic life ... adults "are former Catholics.".
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Catholic parishes in RI to merge, quasi parish eliminated

The Providence Journal 11 May 2026
... transferred to Saint Bernard Parish. Two more pairs of Catholic parishes in Rhode Island are merging, and a quasi-parish is being eliminated, the Diocese of Providence announced Sunday night, May 10.
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Supreme Court to hear Catholic parish's challenge after Colorado barred schools from universal pre-K program

Fox News 20 Apr 2026
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a Catholic parish's argument after Colorado excluded its schools from the state's program that pays for families to ... Mary Catholic Parish v.
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In Catholic parishes, more departures than conversions

NWA Online 18 Apr 2026
No doubt about it. This Easter was an exciting time for many American Catholics, with quick surveys showing 38% more people converting into the church than the previous year ... .
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Catholic parish in North Sumatra demands BNI returns its money

The Jakarta Post 13 Apr 2026
Catholic church parish in North Sumatra requested that state-lender Bank BNI return in full its credit union funds of Rp 28 billion (US$1.63 million), which had been swindled by a former sub-branch ...
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Pope sends Easter greetings to Catholic parish in Gaza amid fear, uncertainty of war

Catholic Standard 06 Apr 2026
As Gaza's sole Catholic Church, the parish community has long received the attention of the Vatican, especially from Pope Leo XIV and his predecessor, Pope Francis, after Israel launched its war in the area in retaliation for the Oct.
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Planned mergers of Catholic parishes in Amherst, Lancaster won't happen now

The Buffalo News 13 Mar 2026
The Buffalo Diocese is changing plans to merge St. Benedict and St. Leo the Great parishes in Amherst, while the Vatican this week overturned another planned merger of Sacred Heart of Jesus in Lancaster with Nativity of the Blessed Virgin ....
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