2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (78+ words) Catholic Courier Diocese of Rochester Catholic schools welcomed students the week of Sept. 7 for the start of the 2026-27 academic year. The Catholic Courier visited St. Francis-St. Stephen School in Geneva Sept. 8 and St. Mary School in Canandaigua Sept. 10 as students…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (964+ words) (OSV News) — All across the United States, pilgrims are preparing to travel to Seoul, South Korea, for Pope Leo XIV’s first World Youth Day — as the successor of Peter — Aug. 3-8, 2027. WYD 2027 will be the 18th event of its kind. It convenes…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (547+ words) Help us to serve you better VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Christians can help overcome the many distortions and lies about the true dignity of every human person and, in doing so, promote and defend human life, Pope Leo XIV said. “Created…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (479+ words) A group of women has quietly worked behind the scenes at St. Michael Church in Newark for 80 years. The women in the parish’s Rosary Altar Society care for the church’s altar linens, make sure their pastor has the vestments he…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (587+ words) Mary and Jim Holleran did not know anyone in town when they moved to Rochester as newlyweds in the 1980s. At Blessed Sacrament Parish, however, they soon found a home away from home. “Those people really became gifts in our lives,…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (419+ words) VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The faithful are called to leave behind “all passivity and indifference” toward current events and the lives of others, especially amid the “rapid and profound changes we are experiencing today,” Pope Leo XIV said at his weekly…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (679+ words) Help us to serve you better CASTEL GANDOLFO (CNS) — Whatever the injustice or injury, do not revert to hatred or violence, Pope Leo XIV told the faithful, because only love, hope, forgiveness and respect will protect and promote human dignity....

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (79+ words) All first responders — which include police, fire and emergency medical technicians — and their families are invited to attend the annual First Responders Mass Sept. 13. The Mass will be celebrated at 11:15 a.m. at Sacred Heart Cathedral, 296 Flower City Park, Rochester....

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (222+ words) Catholic Courier Several parishes in Monroe County will offer events during the Season of Creation, an ecumenical celebration that spans five weeks between the Sept. 1 World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation and the Oct. 4 feast day of…...