2+ hour, 48+ min ago   (138+ words) When churches step back from public life, civic space does not remain empty, it fills with other actors. Power rarely waits for institutional discernment, and civic processes do not slow down because moral voices are still debating their role. An…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (109+ words) Riveting images of faith and spirituality: 30 of AP's best religion photos of 2025Buffalo News Javascript is required to use this website. A year of faith through AP's lens " from crowded squares to quiet acts of devotion. Related to this collection Sorry,…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (732+ words) Kimberly Salter, whose husband Aaron Salter died a hero trying to stop racist Tops gunman Payton Gendron on May 14, 2022, reads from Scripture during her victim statement to the court at the sentencing of Gendron, who received 11 life sentences in prison…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1155+ words) Bishop Michael W. Fisher discusses an agreement that would pay $150 million to settle lawsuits against the Buffalo Diocese by hundreds of plaintiffs accusing priests and other diocese employees of sexually abusing them when they were children. When Leah Brenner and her…...

6+ mon, 3+ day ago   (871+ words) The former Episcopal Church of the Ascension in Allentown is poised for conversion into 18 market-rate apartments and assembly space under a project by the brother-and-sister team of John Daly and Melissa Littlefield. The duo, through 67 North LLC, are working on…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1413+ words) A lot of eyebrows were raised in the Town of Wales in 2023 when a Catholic priest and a nonprofit organization called Niagara Semper Fidelis were revealed as the buyers of a $1.5 million luxury home in town that includes a pond…...

8+ mon, 4+ week ago   (584+ words) Owners Christopher and Kimberly Shores want to transform the 22,953-square-foot sandstone church at 2317 Seneca St. into 24 affordable apartments. Two years after buying the closed former St. John the Evangelist Church in South Buffalo, its owners are moving forward with a…...

9+ mon, 1+ week ago   (539+ words) United House of Prayer, an East Side church, is planning to construct 14 new townhome buildings in three clusters, with 28 apartments, near the William-Emslie YMCA. An East Side apostolic church is seeking a rezoning of three city-owned lots it plans to…...

9+ mon, 1+ week ago   (649+ words) A Muslim group that runs a school in rented space on Fillmore Avenue has agreed to purchase the former St. Bernard Catholic Church property in Buffalo's Kaisertown neighborhood for $815,000. A Muslim group that runs a school in rented space on…...

11+ mon, 6+ day ago   (559+ words) The ongoing restoration and recent reopening of the Michigan Street Baptist Church at 511 Michigan Ave., represents more than a reassembling of brick and mortar. It represents the struggle for equality, justice and resilience. At a time when political tensions threaten…...