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Sunday, March 17, 2013  St. Anthony of Padua, on Midland Avenue, the only Syracuse church with a Spanish-language mass

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."

Monday, February 11, 2013  Pope Benedict XVI announced Monday that he would resign Feb. 28 - the first pontiff to do so in nearly 600 years. The decision sets the stage for a conclave to elect a new pope before the end of March.

Friday, September 21, 2012  The Bishop of the Roman Catholic Dioces of Syracuse will be overseeing the 12 county Rochester Diocese until a new bishop is named.

Tuesday, May 22, 2012  Bishop Robert Cunningham says even though Syracuse is not among the groups suing the White House over birth control coverage mandates, he supports the lawsuits.

Thursday, February 09, 2012  The controversy over President Obama's policy on birth control is affecting central New Yorkers.

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.

Wednesday, August 10, 2011  An out-of-control minivan, its driver's foot apparently stuck on the gas pedal, drove onto a sidewalk and killed three women before crashing into a church Wednesday morning, police said.

Wednesday, March 09, 2011  A well known priest in Syracuse has passed away.

Monday, December 13, 2010  A priest accused of sexually abusing a minor in the 1970s has been placed on administrative by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester.

Sunday, February 14, 2010  Holy Trinity's last Mass draws standing room only crowd