The Vatican issued a long-awaited note on the alleged apparitions at Medjugorje, in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It did not say the apparitions were authentic but acknowledged spiritual fruit.
The Buffalo Diocese of the Roman Catholic Church announced Tuesday it is closing 11 churches in Chautauqua County. St. Peter and Paul in Jamestown, St. Hyacinth and St. Hedwig in Dunkirk, and St.