Diocese of Syracuse There are approximately 300,000 Catholics in 142 parishes in the Diocese of Syracuse. The Diocese was created in 1886 from the Archdiocese of New York. The Diocese covers seven counties of Central and South Central New York State. The seven counties are Broome, Chenango, Cortland, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga and Oswego. (Image courtesy […]
The Diocese comprises 12 counties in New York State (Monroe, Cayuga, Livingston, Wayne, Tioga, Tompkins, Ontario, Seneca, Schuyler, Yates, Steuben, and Chemung) with 350, 000 Catholics in 125 parishes. The Diocese was created in 1868. Since the 1950’s, at least 19 priests of the Diocese of Rochester have been accused of priest sexual abuse. Reverend […]
A week after the premiere of Alex Gibney’s new film, Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God, Pope Benedict XVI announced his resignation. This unprecedented move is the first papal resignation in almost 600 years and comes at a time when the church is riven by its role in countless child-abuse scandals. Mea […]
William C. Wert made his Solemn Profession in the Roman Catholic Order of Carmelites in 1980 and was ordained a Catholic priest in 1986. In 2004, Fr. Wert was named Prior of Whitefriars Hall in Washington DC, which is a house of formation for the Carmelites. In this position as the Director of Formation, he […]
