On Nov. 22, 16 migrants were found concealed in a truck on board a ferry from France to Ireland

"We also urge the national, regional and international authorities to be more active in safeguarding our peace, national unity and territorial integrity."

Bishop Brennan was one of nearly 40 bishops in Rome for a regularly scheduled series of meetings with the pope

After the resignation of Bishop Malone, the path forward for the diocese of Buffalo looks long and arduous, writes Canisius College president John J. Hurley, but the Advent season brings hope.

For more than a year, he has faced questions about how he has addressed the clergy sex abuse crisis.

Archbishop William E. Lori called the meetings "providential."