The Buffalo Diocese is So Close to Getting It

What an interesting pair of headlines in Tuesday’s Buffalo News.

Diocese cancels concert that includes gay chorus, cites values ‘inconsistent with Catholic teaching’

The Buffalo Diocese, bankrupted by a scandal involving pedophilic clergy and subsequent cover-ups, would not allow the Buffalo Gay Men’s Chorus to sing two songs during a concert being held in a church.

Buffalo Diocese plans to cut number of parishes by a third in latest restructuring

In the year 2024, how can anyone be shocked that this church is shrinking? And why is this happening? According to the Bishop,

“multiple challenges” facing the diocese, including a “significant priest shortage,” declining Mass attendance, aging congregations, and ongoing financial pressures in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy case.