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Mass in Rochester Diocese honors life, health-care workers

Bishop Salvatore R. Matano was the principal celebrant and homilist for the annual Respect Life and White Mass Oct. 1 at Rochester’s Sacred Heart Cathedral. The annual Mass honors Respect ...

In Catholic faith, nostalgia distinct from Tradition

Bishop Salvatore R. Matano explains that embracing Tradition in the Catholic faith is not nostalgia but transmission in its entirety of the Word of God that was entrusted to the ...

Florida continues with rescue efforts after Hurricane Ian

As rescue efforts continue in Florida after Hurricane Ian, Catholic parishes and dioceses in the U.S. moved rapidly to collect aid.

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A bishop speaks at a podium.

Mass in Rochester Diocese honors ...

People in a crowd push strollers and hold signs.

Participants in Hornell peace walk ...

Father William Endress speaks during a Sept. 10 ceremony at St. Thomas the Apostle Church in Irondequoit to commemorate the National Day of Remembrance for Aborted Children.

Irondequoit service memorializes children lost ...

American flags fly near and in front of a cathedral.

Bishop Matano honors first responders ...

Children board a yellow school bus.

Catholic-school kids return to classes ...

A rainbow over a festival.

Canandaigua parish’s Summer Festival ...

Programs and prayer cards on a table.

Fallen Rochester police officer recalled ...

Children and adults dance as a band plays.

Rochester parish resumes Polish Arts ...

Catholic Education

St. Rita School Principal Nancy Ferrarone is seen at the school in Webster Sept. 23.

Catholic school in Webster warmly welcomes new principal

Finger Lakes

A man carries a cardboard box for the Nicaragua Project.

Finger Lakes parish aids Nicaraguans despite challenges

Southern Tier

A greenhouse is seen on the grounds of Elmira Notre Dame High School..

Elmira Notre Dame students address environmental concerns

Features

A chocolate Labrador retriever wears a bandana around its neck.

Diocese of Rochester parishes will offer 2022 pet blessings

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Nurses discuss patient care at SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital in Oklahoma City in 2021 amid the coronavirus pandemic. (CNS photo by Nick Oxford/Reuters)

Catholic nurses view their work as vocation, healing ministry

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A monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament for eucharistic adoration is seen at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington March 11, 2021, amid the coronavirus pandemic. (CNS photo by Tyler Orsburn)

The Eucharistic Revival

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