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$Catholic protester shoved to ground has skull fracture, lawyer says$
Catholic protester shoved to ground has skull fracture, lawyer says
- Jun 17, 2020
A 75-year-old protester associated with the Catholic Worker movement who struck his head on pavement after being shoved back by police remained hospitalized Tuesday with a fractured skull, his attorney said.

By Associated Press
Catholic activist has been anti-hunger, anti-war, not ‘antifa,’ friends say
- Jun 12, 2020
Catholic activist Martin Gugino long has been anti-war, anti-hunger, anti-violence, when it comes to opposing social ills, but the one “anti” that doesn’t fit the bill is the “antifa” moniker President Donald Trump tried to pin on him in a June 9 tweet, friends say.

By Rhina Guidos
Buffalo initiative will assess diocesan resources, ‘bring about renewal’
- May 28, 2020
Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger, apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Buffalo, has launched a broad-based initiative focused on reenvisioning the mission of the Catholic Church of western New York “and bringing about diocesan-wide renewal,” according to a May 22 diocesan news release.

By Catholic News Service

N.Y. bishop explains why priests accused of abuse joined private Mass

Mar 4, 2020

The bishop serving as apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Buffalo said he regretted the “pain and further disillusionment” of clergy sexual abuse survivors caused by the participation of priests credibly accused of abuse in a private Lenten Mass at which he presided.

By Catholic News Service