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The Catholic Telegraph’s October edition is largest in recent history
Staff Report Special sections on Respecting Life, Missions and high school open houses, in addition to the usual lineup of outstanding features, news and commentary, add up to a 56-page October edition of The Catholic Telegraph. The high page count marks the largest edition of the newspaper since The Catholic …
Pope condemns abortion as product of ‘throwaway culture’
By Francis X. Rocca Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — In his strongest public words to date on the subject of abortion, Pope Francis affirmed the sacredness of unborn human life and linked its defense to the pursuit of social justice.
Father William Kennedy, retired pastor, dead at 73
Press Release Reverend William M. Kennedy, retired educator and pastor, died Thursday, September 19, 2013. Fr. Kennedy was born on July 4, 1940 in Dayton, Ohio. He did his preparatory studies at St. Gregory Seminary in Mt. Washington and studied theology at Mount St. Mary’s Seminary of the West, then …
Being part of ‘digital continent’ helps share God’s love, says bishop
By Catholic News Service LINCOLN, Neb. — Lincoln Bishop James D. Conley told Catholics in his diocese that just as he had hoped to do after his installation last November, he has traveled around the 23,800-square-mile diocese, “spending time with you and your families, getting to know you and your …
Common Core: Catholic school community gives standards mixed grade
Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — The Common Core State Standards — expectations for students to master in each grade level — have a love/hate/ambivalent relationship with the American public. The state-led initiative — adopted by 45 states and the District of Columbia — has been embraced by many educators, viewed …
New marketing director hired by Athenaeum of Ohio
Press Release Mary Krutko Massa has been appointed marketing director of The Athenaeum of Ohio/Mount St. Mary’s Seminary of the West. Massa joins the Athenaeum after 27 years of experience in the local television market as a reporter with WKRC-TV (10 years) as well as the host and marketing coordinator …
The tale behind symbol of light when Pope Benedict visited ground zero
By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — When Pope Benedict XVI visited ground zero in 2008, he knelt alone and prayed inside the cement-walled crater where the World Trade Center once stood. As a sign of bringing light and hope to the dark memory of 9/11, the pope …
Bishops’ Administrative Committee Calls for peace, serious negotiations, humanitarian assistance in Syria
USCCB Release WASHINGTON — The Administrative Committee of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), of which Archbishop of Cincinnati Dennis M. Schnurr is a member, issued an urgent call for a political solution to the crisis in Syria. The bishops issued the statement on the first day of their …
Thousands flocked to Rome armed with power of prayer in fight for peace
By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — For the thousands of people who turned out for a solemn vigil in St. Peter’s Square, the power of prayer and hopes for peace are still mightier than the world’s weapons and wars. “Instead of using hatred, we are using prayer …
Sunday Scripture: The things of God must come first
By Father Timothy Schehr Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time: Wisdom 9:13-18; Philemon 9-17; Luke 14:25-33 As we hear Jesus speak in this Sunday’s Gospel, we may well wonder if he was at all familiar with the fourth commandment. Jesus insists that disciples turn their backs on mother and father. He goes …