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Bishop Wack announces recent priest appointments. The first announcements were made on September 11, 2018. The announcement of Rev. Paul Moody and Rev. Dustin Feddon were made on September 23, 2018.

Letter from Bishop Wack to the faithful to request attendance at the Mass of Reparation and participation of Ember Days.

Bishop Wack's statement regarding Msgr. James Flaherty.

Pope Francis has written a letter addressing the recent Church scandals.

On Monday, August 13, 2018, the Diocese received an accusation of inappropriate contact with a minor involving Fr. Edward Jones. In accord with the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People, and our own Diocesan Policy and Protocol, an investigation was conducted to determine whether or not this accusation had the semblance of truth.

Bishop Wack addresses the diocese regarding the Pennsylvania grand jury report that was issued on August 14, 2018.

Jose Antonio Jimenez is scheduled to be executed on Tuesday, August 14, 2018, at 6:00 p.m. for the 1992 murder of Phyllis Minas. In an August 9 letter to Governor Rick Scott on behalf of the bishops of Florida, Michael Sheedy, executive director, appealed to the governor to commute Jimenez' death sentence to a life sentence without parole.

"... Pope Francis has ordered a revision of the Catechism of the Catholic Church to assert 'the death penalty is inadmissible because it is an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person' and to commit the church to working toward its abolition worldwide."

Bishop Wack addresses the serious and tragic situation concerning Archbishop Theodore McCarrick and suggests to bishops to enter more deeply into prayer, fasting and penance.

Bishop Wack addresses the significance of the 50th anniversary of the papal encyclical, Humanae Vitae

From Friday, August 3, 2018 to Friday, September 28, 2018, the weekly Call to Prayer will be adapted as a nine-week Novena for the Legal Protection of Human Life.

It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Sr. Mary Caplice, CND. After a brief illness, Sr. Mary died on July 4, 2018, at the CND home in Andrus, N.Y. Read her obituary here.

Read an update from Catholic Relief Services on Family Separation at the U.S./Mexican Borders and why we should take actions as Catholics.

Effective July 1, 2018, many of our priests will assume new assignments throughout the diocese. Please pray for these priests as well as their parishes and school as they move through this transition. And don't forget to congratulate them!

Like many people in our country, I am distressed at the sight of children being separated from their parent(s) at our borders. While understanding the need for our country to regulate migration and protect our borders, my brother bishops and I believe that we can and must do better.

A former bone-crushing fullback in a women’s professional league is set to take her final vows in Ohio later this month to become a Franciscan nun.

CRS is responding to Sunday’s “Volcan de Fuego” (fire volcano) eruption in Guatemala, which left entire communities buried in ash. The death toll from the volcano– currently at 70 – is expected to climb into the hundreds as rescuers make their way to villages devastated by the mixtures of hot gas and rock – known as pyroclastic flows -- that swept down the volcano’s slopes.

The Fortnight for Freedom, which we’ve been celebrating each year at the end of June and beginning of July has recently been reconfigured. Beginning this year, Religious Freedom Week is to be held annually June 22–29. The observance is a bit shorter, but no less important. This year’s theme is Serving Others in God’s Love.

Bishop William A. Wack CSC of the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee, will be traveling to Havana, Cuba on May 28, 2018 to seek the formal involvement of Catholic Church authorities in Cuba with the cause for the beatification of the Martyrs of la Florida. He plans to meet with Archbishop Juan García Rodríguez, of San Cristóbal de la Habana (Havana), as well as with other archdiocesan officials, historians, and researchers.

Michael O'Neill’s original EWTN series They Might Be Saints will air a special one-hour episode on Wednesday, June 6, 2018 at 10:00 p.m. ET featuring the proposed Martyrs of la Florida.