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• Statement of the NYS Bishops on State-Sanctioned Suicide Bill - Thursday April 24th, 2025
  “Euthanasia and assisted suicide are a defeat for all. We are called never to abandon those who are suffering, never giving up but caring and loving to restore hope.” – Pope Francis, 2019 On Easter Monday, April 21, Pope Francis ended his earthly journey and entered eternal life. The Holy Father gave us many examples to ...
• The Statement of The Most Reverend Salvatore R. Matano, Bishop of Rochester, upon the Death of His Holiness, Pope Francis - Monday April 21st, 2025
  It is with great sadness, but also with joyful hope in the merits won by Christ’s glorious resurrection, that the Diocese of Rochester joins with the Universal Church in praying for the repose of the soul of our Holy Father, Pope Francis, who returned home to the Good Shepherd, the Eternal High Priest, Jesus Christ, on April 21, ...
• Bishop Matano’s Letter to the Faithful regarding Immigration - Thursday January 30th, 2025
  Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Jurisprudence is defined as “The philosophy of law, or the science which treats of the principles of positive law and legal relations… and to choose that rule which, when so applied, will produce the greatest advantage to the community.” (Black’s Law Dictionary, © 1979, p. 767). Based upon this principle, one ...
• NY bishops urge Catholics to reject constitutional amendment - Tuesday September 10th, 2024
  A proposed amendment to New York state’s constitution is “a wolf in sheep’s clothing,” and Catholics should vote against it, according to a Sept. 5 statement from the state’s Catholic bishops. The ballot initiative is known as Proposal One or the Equal Rights Amendment, but the latter name is misleading, according to the statement from the ...
• Fr. James Muscatella is Rochester Diocese’s newest priest - Tuesday July 2nd, 2024
  ROCHESTER — As rain showers steadily fell outside Sacred Heart Cathedral June 29, those gathered inside welcomed the diocese’s newest priest with showers of prayer, love and well wishes. It was enough to render newly ordained Father James Muscatella momentarily speechless following the ordination Mass. “It’s more than I can say, because the love of Jesus Christ ...
• Pilgrims from Rochester Diocese attend eucharistic congress - Tuesday October 31st, 2023
  AURIESVILLE — Though they had been up since 6 a.m., Joe Hall, Julia Brown, Rose Cornelius, Annette Larrabee, Barbara Walker and Katie Gillio were ready and excited for the day ahead when they arrived in Auriesville just before 10 a.m. “I just want to learn more about Jesus in the Eucharist,” Hall said. “I just want to ...
• Rochester seminarian ordained deacon at St. Peter’s Basilica - Wednesday October 11th, 2023
  ROME — With a big smile across his face, 30-year-old seminarian James Muscatella processed into a packed St. Peter’s Basilica Sept. 28 as he embarked on his next step toward becoming a priest. A seminarian of the Diocese of Rochester, he was among 18 men ordained to the transitional diaconate that day. The newly ordained deacons, ...
• Holy Family School in Elmira will not reopen in September 2023 - Friday June 9th, 2023
  Holy Family School in Elmira will not reopen this September, subsequent to a decision reached after lengthy and careful evaluation of declining enrollment and rising costs. School families, faculty, and staff were notified of this decision on Friday, June 9, 2023, by Father Scott M. Kubinski, pastor of the Parish of the Most Holy Name ...
• Dispensation Granted for Saint Patrick’s Day - Monday March 13th, 2023
  Lenten Guidelines of Fasting and Abstinence (Dispensation Granted for Saint Patrick’s Day, Friday, March 17, 2023) Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are obligatory days of fasting and abstinence for every Catholic bound according to age and health. In addition, Fridays during Lent are obligatory days of abstinence from meat. For members of the Latin Catholic Church, the norms on fasting ...
• Notification of the Death of Bishop Emeritus Matthew H. Clark - Sunday January 22nd, 2023
  I regret to inform you that this morning, January 22, 2023, His Excellency, The Most Reverend Matthew H. Clark, Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Rochester, died in his room at the Sisters of Saint Joseph Motherhouse, following a period of declining health. Bishop Clark was 85. Funeral arrangements for Bishop Clark are pending. Born on ...

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