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• Buffalonians reflect on Pope Francis' legacy: 'We should be building bridges, not walls'

  21-04-2025 22:06 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Local Catholics are mourning Pope Francis, the 266th leader of the Roman Catholic Church and its first Latin American pontiff, who died at the age of 88.The Vatican announced his passing on Easter Monday at 7:35 a.m. local time. He died at his residence in Casa Santa Marta.“He’s a man who did so much for my church, and he now has the prize of all that effort,” said local Catholic Thomas Beecher. “He lived in a guest house. He didn’t live
  
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• Ellicottville man sentenced for stealing vehicle, fleeing from PA to NY

  21-04-2025 21:10 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- An Ellicottville man was sentenced to six to 12 years in prison and ordered to pay restitution for stealing a vehicle and fleeing from Pennsylvania to New York, the McKean County District Attorney's Office announced Monday.Officials said Patrick Fuhr, 65, stole a vehicle from a Buffalo car dealership on Aug. 30, 2023, and was charged. He then made bail a couple of months after the arrest.On Jan. 2, 2024, state police attempted to pull Fuhr over, which is when he tried to
  
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• Buffalo Diocese agrees to pay $150M to settle sexual abuse claims

  21-04-2025 19:03 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- The Diocese of Buffalo agreed to pay $150 million to settle over 800 claims of sexual abuse, sources confirmed to WIVB News 4 on Monday. The settlement follows years of efforts to reach an agreement of compensation for victims, and the Diocese's bankruptcy filing in 2020.The claims were a large factor in the Diocese's decision to close and merge churches across Western New York over the past year, along with declining number of priests and parishioners.One year after stat
  
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• Buffalo man sentenced to 6 years in prison for string of thefts on Elmwood, Hertel

  21-04-2025 17:09 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A Buffalo man was sentenced on Thursday to six years in prison and five years of post-release supervision after he allegedly shoplifted from local stores on over 20 occasions, the Erie County District Attorney's Office announced.The thefts took place on the 2100 block of Elmwood Avenue, the 400 block of Hertel Avenue, and the 300 block of Amherst Street, officials said.Corey Alan Anthony, 36, is suspected of stealing from a home improvement store on Elmwood Avenue nine ti
  
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• Fire causes $200K in damage to Buffalo home, displaces 1

  21-04-2025 14:40 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A fire that occurred early Monday morning displaced one person and caused an estimated total of $200,000 in damages to a Buffalo home, a city spokesperson announced.Officials said the fire started in the attic at a vacant home located at 138 Dewitt St. and resulted in a full roof collapse. There were reportedly no contents inside.The fire spread to two nearby homes, causing an estimated total of $5,000 in damage to one and $60,000 to the other.One adult was displaced by t
  
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• Diocese reacts to Pope's death: 'may we be constantly inspired'

  21-04-2025 13:24 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Diocese of Buffalo and Bishop Michael Fisher said that they will be "constantly inspired by [Pope Francis'] pursuit of holiness, his warmth, humor [and] keen insights into the mysteries and traditions of our faith," following the Pope's death.Pope Francis, who had served as the Pope of the Catholic Church since 2013, died early Monday at 88 following a lengthy illness. Pope Francis dies at 88Pope Francis’ example of humility and simplicity, his constant cal
  
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• What are the rites and rituals after a pope dies?

  21-04-2025 11:58 via wivb.com
  
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — The death of a pope sets in motion a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals well before the conclave to elect his successor begins. They involve the certification of death and public display of his body for the faithful to pay their respects, followed by the funeral and burial.Pope Francis, who died on Monday, revised various rites last year, simplifying the funeral rituals to emphasize his role as a mere bishop and allowing for burial outside
  
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• Pope Francis dies at 88

  21-04-2025 10:54 via wivb.com
  
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but alienated conservatives with critiques of capitalism and climate change, died Monday. He was 88.Bells tolled in church towers across Rome after the announcement, which was read out by Cardinal Kevin Ferrell, the Vatican camerlengo, from the chapel of the Domus Santa Marta, where Francis lived.Pope Francis smiles at the end of
  
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• Photos: Pope Francis through the years

  21-04-2025 10:50 via wivb.com
  
  Born Dec. 17, 1936, in Buenos Aires, Jorge Mario Bergoglio was the eldest of five children of Italian immigrants.Pope Francis during the general audience in St. Peter's Square. Vatican City (Vatican), March 20th, 2024 (Photo by Grzegorz Galazka/Archivio Grzegorz Galazka/Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images)BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA - UNDATED: In this image provided by the San Lorenzo Futbol Club, Jorge Mario Bergoglio, holds a team shirt, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Photo by API/Gamma-Rapho via G
  
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