News Releases

The Christian Leaders Fellowship, an ecumenical group of local bishops and denominational leaders, will lead a prayer service at the annual dedication of the Pittsburgh Crèche, on Friday, November 21, 2025, at noon in the plaza in front of US Steel Tower on Grant Street, Downtown. At the Crèche blessing, the Blessed Trinity Academy band and children’s choir will be performing seasonal music from 11:30am to noon.

While Church teaching recognizes the right of a nation to enforce its laws and control its border, it also uplifts and defends the rights and dignity of the human person, including the migrant. They have become people who are often unjustly scapegoated for the social ills of our nation and dehumanized, often referred to as “criminals” or “illegals."

The Diocese of Pittsburgh affirms the establishment of Saint Cyril of Alexandria Academy on the campus of Christ Our Savior Parish in Pittsburgh’s Brighton Heights neighborhood. The new school will open in September 2026 and will be operated by the Miraculous Medal Academies Foundation, which also oversees South Hills Catholic Academy.

The Young Catholic Professionals of Pittsburgh gathered at the Diocesan Pastoral Center for Mass, fellowship, and a talk by Bishop Mark Eckman.

The Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh is making it easier than ever for individuals and businesses to transform their Pennsylvania state tax dollars into tuition assistance for Catholic school students, at no additional cost to them.

A fire occurred at the Saint Ann site of Saint Matthias Parish in Waynesburg, Greene County overnight.

We are devastated by the horrific violence that shattered what should have been a holy moment of grace at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis, where children had gathered for a back-to-school Mass.

The Diocese of Pittsburgh will release the 2025 Superintendent’s Report for Catholic schools at a news conference Wednesday, August 27 at 11 a.m. at the Diocesan Pastoral Center.

It is with a heavy heart that I join our neighbors in mourning after the tragic explosions earlier today at the Clairton Coke Works. My deepest prayers are with the person who has died, with those who are injured, and with the workers who are still missing. I pray especially for their families, friends, co-workers, and all who are carrying heavy worry in their hearts.

The Diocese of Pittsburgh is sharing photos of the hateful vandalism discovered last week at Triumph of the Holy Cross parish, St. Elizabeth of Hungary Church (Pleasant Hills) with the hope that it will prompt someone in the community to come forward with information that may assist investigators in identifying those responsible.