Vatican Rules Our Lady of the Rosary in Wilson Can Stay Open
The Vatican also overturned other Buffalo-area closure plans after finding some diocesan merger decrees improper, while the diocese said it will not appeal.
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Vatican rules Our Lady of the Rosary in Wilson can stay open
Our Lady of the Rosary Parish in the Village of Wilson in Niagara County will remain open after the Vatican rejected the Catholic Diocese of Buffalos decree to close it.The church appealed Bishop Michael Fisher's closing decree under the Road to Renewal. The Vatican recently notified the parish that it will remain open.Carol Hartwig, a longtime parishioner, described the moment the congregation learned the news. "Oh, we were so excited! It took …
Vatican overrules diocese decisions on 2 local parishes
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- The Vatican's Dicastery for the Clergy has overruled the Buffalo Diocese's plans to merge two parishes in Cheektowaga and sell a parish in Wilson, the Buffalo Diocese confirmed Thursday. The dicastery decreed that St. Josaphat in Cheektowaga will remain its own parish and not merge with Resurrection parish, revoking a previous [...]
The parishes of Saint Joseph and Our Lady of the Rosary win resources in the Holy See against closures determined by the Diocese of Buffalo in New York.
Vatican reverses closure decree for Our Lady of the Rosary parish in Wilson – BishopAccountability.org
The Vatican has reversed another Diocese of Buffalo closure decree for a Niagara County church, this time in Wilson. Our Lady of the Rosary, at 345 Lake St., received the news that its closure decree was revoked in late July, with the Vatican’s Dicastery of Clergy finding that the diocese did not follow the proper discernment process regarding the closure’s impact, among other canon law violations. The church also received a decree stating that …
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