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 [...]