From the Buffalo News\u2026<\/p>\n
For the second time, the Vatican has upheld a decision by Bishop Edward U. Kmiec to close St. Adalbert Catholic Church in the Broadway-Fillmore area.<\/p>\n
The Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, considered the Vatican\u2019s highest court, determined that Kmiec properly followed canon law when he decided in July 2007 to merge St. Adalbert into nearby St. John Kanty Parish.<\/p>\n
The ruling upheld an earlier one by the Vatican Congregation for the Clergy, which also sided with Kmiec.<\/p>\n
The Vatican\u2019s two-page decree, written in Latin and signed by Bishop Velasio De Paolis, secretary of the Apostolic Signatura, was delivered to diocesan officials Monday.<\/p>\n
For parishioners, it is likely the final recourse in appealing the closure under a provision of the Catholic Church\u2019s code of canon law.<\/p>\n
But parish trustee Ronald Suchocki said Wednesday that he was not made aware of the Vatican letter.<\/p>\n
\u201cI haven\u2019t received any type of notification. You would think, as in the first case, they\u2019d notify . . . us,\u201d Suchocki said. \u201cI can\u2019t really comment on what I\u2019ve not got.\u201d<\/p>\n