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Shanghai’s priests, nuns forced to attend government classes
October 5, 2012 Catholic News Service SHANGHAI — Priests and nuns in the Shanghai Diocese were forced to attend compulsory “study classes,” which observers believe were imposed by Chinese authorities in response to the new Shanghai auxiliary’s renunciation of the Catholic Patriotic Association.
Archbishop says ‘Ex Corde’ affirmed higher education’s church role
October 5, 2012 Catholic News Service NEW ORLEANS — It has been more than 12 years since Blessed John Paul II promulgated Ex Corde Ecclesiae, an apostolic constitution that clarified the relationship between the diocesan bishop and the Catholic colleges and universities within his diocese.
Prelate urges financial, grass-roots support for traditional marriage
October 5, 2012 Catholic News Service BALTIMORE — Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori and other religious leaders Sept. 26 asked supporters of traditional marriage to join efforts to overturn Maryland’s new law legalizing same-sex marriage.
Dominican theologian addresses New Evangelization during lecture
October 5, 2012 By Stephen Trosley Admitting that the word “evangelism on the lips of Catholic is relatively new,” Archbishop Joseph Augustine Di Noia, OP, told more than 300 people attending the recent LeBlonde Lecture at the Athenaeum of Ohio/Mount St. Mary’s Seminary that the New Evangelization called for by …
Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit coming to Cincinnati Museum Center
October 5, 2012 Beginning Nov. 16, the general public can witness “Dead Sea Scrolls: Life and Faith in Ancient Times at Cincinnati Museum Center.” This new blockbuster exhibition features the most comprehensive collection of ancient artifacts from Israel ever organized, including one of the largest collections of the priceless 2,000-year-old …
What Keeps Me Catholic? St. Vincent de Paul
October 5, 2012 By Michael Daley No, not the saint. The society. Though I have long been familiar with the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, recently I’ve been able to experience its ministry firsthand. Along with some other coworkers, I spent the morning several weeks ago going on a …
The only problem is there are not enough of them
October 5, 2012 By Fr. Kyle Schnippel There is good news to report: the number of seminarians for the Archdiocese of Cincinnati continues to increase, reaching a high water mark since at least the mid 1990s, if not back to the mid 1980s! As this academic year began, we have …
False Prophets
October 5, 2012 By Jeanne Hunt Batten down your hatches, church; false prophets live and walk among us.
Faith as a lived experience
October 5, 2012 By Fr. Earl Fernandes Ten years ago, Theology on Tap began in Cincinnati. Among the first speakers was then-Archbishop Daniel E. Pilarczyk, who was to speak about the 40th anniversary of Vatican II. Before the talk, I asked the archbishop, “Do you realize that I was born …
Archbishop Schnurr addresses Summit attendees
October 3, 2012 By Steve Trosley Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr told those attending the Summit Tuesday that they had spent two days hearing of the urgent challenges facing the Catholic Church in Cincinnati.