Historic Buffalo Catholic church set on fire again amid mosque conversion plans
News Historic Buffalo Catholic church set on fire again amid mosque conversion plans The Gothic Revival church of St. Ann, closed by the Diocese of Buffalo in 2013 and sold to owners of the city’s Downtown Islamic Center, has now suffered three fires since January. AntoninoCambria 0 Antonino Cambria Comments 0 Fri Jul 24, 2026 - 9:16 am EDT BUFFALO, New York (LifeSiteNews) — St.
- ▪News Historic Buffalo Catholic church set on fire again amid mosque conversion plans The Gothic Revival church of St.
- ▪Ann, closed by the Diocese of Buffalo in 2013 and sold to owners of the city’s Downtown Islamic Center, has now suffered three fires since January.
- ▪AntoninoCambria 0 Antonino Cambria Comments 0 Fri Jul 24, 2026 - 9:16 am EDT BUFFALO, New York (LifeSiteNews) — St.
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News Historic Buffalo Catholic church set on fire again amid mosque conversion plans The Gothic Revival church of St. Ann, closed by the Diocese of Buffalo in 2013 and sold to owners of the city’s Downtown Islamic Center, has now suffered three fires since January. AntoninoCambria 0 Antonino Cambria Comments 0 Fri Jul 24, 2026 - 9:16 am EDT BUFFALO, New York (LifeSiteNews) — St. Ann’s Church, a historic former Catholic parish built in 1886 by German immigrants and which is set to be converted into a mosque, was deliberately set on fire Tuesday, the third time the church has suffered a blaze this year. On the evening of July 21, the Buffalo Fire Department responded to a fire at St. Ann’s Church, which has been unused since 2013.
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