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PITTSBURGH (TNS) — "It's true that if you venture out onto the street, the same thing could happen to you as could happen to anyone: you could have an...

ERIE — Bishop Lawrence Persico announced Friday that individuals are no longer required to wear a mask when in church, but urged the non-vaccinated to...

ERIE — Ash Wednesday, Feb. 17, will mark the beginning of the first full season of Lent to take place during the pandemic. As such, the Office of Wors...

ERIE — The Carmelite Order has closed the Carmel of the Holy Family Monastery, located on East Gore Road in Erie, as of Tuesday. It was the only clois...

ERIE — In response to a holiday season that will be like no other, the Diocese of Erie has launched Simply Celebrating, a new micro-site to help peopl...

ERIE — After a brief hiatus, the Diocese of Erie has announced it will return to its work with the Independent Survivors’ Reparation Program (ISRP) es...

ERIE — As all 13 counties of the Diocese of Erie move into the yellow phase for reopening, the Most Rev. Lawrence T. Persico, bishop of Erie, has anno...

ERIE — Bells will ring out across the Diocese of Erie on Easter Sunday at noon. Bishop Lawrence T. Persico is asking that all Catholics in the diocese...

ERIE — In an effort to create a sense of unity and to help Christians observe some of the holiest days of the year appropriately while unable to atten...

ERIE — In union with Pope Francis, the Most Rev. Lawrence T. Persico, bishop of Erie, has called for a day of prayer to take place today, the Solemnit...

ERIE — Bishop Sean Rowe, leader of the Episcopal Dioceses of Northwestern Pennsylvania and Western New York, has suspended Sunday worship and other di...

In response to concerns about the spread of COVID 19, Bishop Lawrence T. Persico of the Erie Diocese has dispensed the faithful from the obligation of...

Courage2Heal, a sexual assault survivors’ group started by Bradford natives, will be holding a support meeting Oct. 9 at Bradford Area Public Library....

Bishop Lawrence Persico of the Erie Diocese has a message to parishioners: The sex abuse scandal must be remembered, and the changes that came from it...

ERIE — The Diocese of Erie has updated its list of attorneys willing to represent claimants to its Independent Survivors’ Reparation Program. At the s...

The Erie Diocese has released a few additional names of priests and lay teachers accused of sexual abuse, and two of the four have local connections. ...

Edward Rodgers still wakes up with nightmares stemming from abuse he said occured at the hands of a former Bradford priest over 30 years ago. Rodgers ...

ERIE — A priest who had taught at Elk County Catholic High School was among the seven names released Wednesday by the Diocese of Erie as someone with ...

A former priest has publicly named a now-deceased priest, who served in Elk County, as having sexually abused him when he was a teenager in the Erie a...

We have come to a challenging moment in the history of our nation. The debate over immigration has raged since President Donald Trump ordered the cons...