'There was anger, sadness, tears': Two Buffalo Catholic churches set to close

Final masses will take place as early as Saturday at two popular Buffalo churches, St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Bernard’s, both closing and merging with nearby parishes.

[tonytouch]

I’m not even religious but It’s needed for a well functioning society. The downfall of religion means less and less people having children, more degeneracy, and the downfall of society. Closing down all of these churches is not a good sign

[okj]

Someone tell them to sell the churches to the traditional Catholics

[michaelciccone]

Diocese of Buffalo is making a ton of money on selling these parishes.

[Fernscape]

Thousands of dollars to attend sports and $5.00 for the parish Buffalo's had to be extinct...

[Christian-lmqh]

Travel across America. A lot of cities have old, abandoned mills and factories that are collapsing in on themselves, and the houses in the half abandoned neighborhoods around them are falling down; Downtowns that are half vacant. Our infrastructure is crumbling. There’s been a huge redistribution of the population. We’ve shifted to an almost total service economy, and even that is getting outsourced to India. Our schools suck. No child left behind means we will just pass you on after you fail three grades. It seems like all we talk about is weather or not the men can tinkle in girls bathroom, and we don’t talk about where we are headed.

[rschiwal]

It is heartbreaking, but if you want to keep churches open, go to church and support your parish.

[Lexarfrk]

Catholics, find and attend a Traditional Latin Mass. Every single one is overflowing with young families. This would stop happening if everyone did this. Salve Maria.

[michaelciccone]

The RCC needs to get rid of two heterodox edicts from the Vatican: Fiducia Suplicans and Amoris Latetia edicts. Tragic that the RCC has become another EPISCOPAL CHURCH USA.