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Tuesday, April 09, 2013  A 68-year-old Roman Catholic nun with a gambling addiction has pleaded guilty to stealing nearly $130,000 from two rural western New York parishes.

Wednesday, March 13, 2013  Reaction to the new Pope continues to pour in across the world and right here in Central New York.

Monday, February 11, 2013  Conversations during the Saint Marianne Cope Canonization ceremonies in October included talk of  the frail appearance of Pope Benedict XVI.

Monday, February 11, 2013  Bishop Robert Cunningham told reporters Monday morning that Pope Benedict's retirement was "an act of courage on his part to recognize his physical abilities are declining."

Friday, January 25, 2013  The flu has hit us hard and hit us often. Churches are no exception to that.

Tuesday, November 06, 2012  A 67-year-old nun has pleaded not guilty to a grand larceny charge stemming from the theft of nearly $130,000 from two Catholic Church parishes in western New York.

Sunday, October 21, 2012  80,000 pilgrims see Canonization at St. Peter's Square

Monday, September 24, 2012  Vulgar words spray-painted on a Utica Ukranian Catholic Church disturb parishoners and a neighborhood. Utica Police are asking for your help to find out who is responsible.

Saturday, February 18, 2012  Ceremonies at the Vatican on October 21st for both Mother Marianne Cope and Kateri Tekawitha

Friday, January 13, 2012  A husband and wife who died eight years apart have donated more than $3 million to Catholic churches and organizations in their upstate New York hometown and in Illinois.

Tuesday, January 03, 2012  No one making a religious pilgrimage to Catholic shrines in this scenic yet hardscrabble stretch of New York's Mohawk Valley is going to mistake it for Italy. Yet starting next year, the region can boast of being the home of two of the Roman Catholic Church's newest saints.

Thursday, December 22, 2011  After a long battle, the doors of St. Mary's church remain closed this tonight...but parishioners say they're not giving up the fight to save the church.About eighty supporters of St. Mary's showed up sang songs and prayed tonight for a Christmas celebration.

Thursday, December 22, 2011  Tonight's service starts at 5:30.

Tuesday, December 20, 2011  The Syracuse Diocese says a decree from the Vatican actually upholds a decision to merge two local parishes, and St. Mary's will not reopen as a church parish.

Thursday, December 15, 2011  With child sex-abuse scandals rocking college sports programs, state lawmakers plan to revisit lifting time limits on victim lawsuits, an issue pitting the Catholic Church and other institutions against advocates for children.