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Syracuse, New York: Most Rev. Douglas J. Lucia announces pastoral appointments for priests in the Diocese of Syracuse, effective July 1, 2022: Rev. Robert C. Weber, Jr. formerly the Chaplain at Mohawk Correctional Facility has been appointed as Pastor of St. Mary’s Church in Clinton with additional sacramental responsibilities at St. Patrick-St.Anthony’s Church in Chadwicks, N.Y.

Last Saturday, racist and horrifying violence took the lives of ten people in Buffalo who were just trying to make a living for their families or to get some shopping errands done. It injured three other persons as well, along with traumatizing many more.

The Catholic Bishops of New York State have released a major new statement on abortion as they anticipate the looming Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, and “the gathering societal unrest over the issue of abortion.” (The full statement is available HERE and in a printable PDF suitable for parish distribution, attached.)