By Patricia McGeever For The Catholic Telegraph  If you ask Geraldina Jeronimo, 6, what she likes about the first grade, she will tell you “reading and writing.” When prompted, she adds, “recess.” Geraldina attends Holy Family School in Price Hill and her parents are thrilled she’s there. “It’s very important …

By John Stegeman The Catholic Telegraph  Leaders from business, faith and law communities came together Aug. 28 for a pair of roundtable discussions on immigration at the Freedom Center in downtown Cincinnati. The event was sponsored by the Bibles, Badges, and Business (BBB) network, an alliance of conservative business, law …

A Letter from The Most Reverend Dennis M. Schnurr, Archbishop of Cincinnati Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, In his World Mission Sunday message for 2013, Pope Francis writes, “Everyone should be able to experience the joy of being loved by God, the joy of salvation! It is a gift …

Question: Why do Catholics care about the difference between a natural and a Sacramental Marriage? Answer: With all the confusion these days about what constitutes a marriage, it’s no wonder that there is further puzzlement when we speak of marriages as sacramental.

Newspaper and media content in general is based a lot on milestones. In days past, everyone could count on the “free” publication of a birth announcement, engagement and wedding announcements and their obituary.Often, you could get certain life milestones such as anniversaries – 25th, 50th, etc. – published and celebrating …

By Patricia McGeever For The Catholic Telegraph  Hundreds of people packed St. Mary Church in Hyde Park Sept. 21 to hear a message that will inspired and challenged them to be better people and better Catholics.

By John Stegeman The Catholic Telegraph  The Archdiocesan Pastoral Council, a 40-plus member advisory board to the archbishop, picked up eight new members on Saturday, Sept. 7. Members of the board are recommended by the heads of the archdiocese’s various deaneries and are appointed by the archbishop to three year …

From the Athenaeum of Ohio Father Earl Fernandes, dean of the Athenaeum and Mount St. Mary’s Seminary of the West and author of The Catholic Telegraph‘s “A Question of Faith” column, has written a new book — Seminary Formation and Homosexuality – published by the Institute for Priestly Formation (IPF). The book …

By Catholic News Service & CT Staff WASHINGTON — The Little Sisters of the Poor and a Catholic college are the latest Catholic entities to file a lawsuit against the Department of Health and Human Services over its mandate that most religious employers’ health insurance plans cover contraceptives, sterilization and some abortion-inducing …

Staff Report A top American cleric in Rome, Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke, prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, said in an interview with The Catholic Servant in mid-July that House of Representatives Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) should not receive communion because of her continued anti-life political views.