By Francesca Pollio Fenton CNA Staff, Feb 11, 2025 / 04:00 am On Feb. 11, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes. In Lourdes, France, in 1858, 13-year-old Bernadette Soubirous was collecting pieces of wood as part of her daily chores when she noticed a startling wind …

By Francesca Pollio Fenton , Courtney Mares CNA Staff, Sep 3, 2025 / 04:30 am It’s official! On Sept. 7, Pope Leo XIV will canonize Blessed Carlo Acutis together with Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati as the first new saints of his pontificate. A gamer and computer coder who loved the Eucharist, Carlo Acutis will be …

Exploring love, family, and faith across the stages of marriage by Lisa Fletcher Marriage is a journey of love, faith, and grace. Across the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, Catholic couples have been discovering that the true beauty of marriage lies in more than companionship: it is a living sacrament, a daily …

“In every age and culture, communities have raised up men and women who lived saintly lives in the movements of their day. In every continent, the Church has canonized men and and women to whom we can acknowledge the possibility for everyone to aspire to live as excellent witnesses of …

Learning from the Story of the Randolph Freedpeople by John Stegeman Within the long history of slavery and racism in the United States, there are thousands of rarely told stories. One such story is that of the Randolph Freedpeople. Thanks to an exhibit hosted by the Missionaries of the Precious …

A Call to Conscience and Courage by Patricia McGeever A lone little shoe with the sock still inside stands encased in a glass cube as evidence of the Nazi’s cruelty and inhumanity. It is one of the 500 artifacts and 400 photographs on display at the Cincinnati Museum Center as …

by MaryBeth Sproull Bobby Kenney III had a chaotic upbringing, and he went looking for love in all the wrong places. This lifestyle landed him in many difficult situations and, eventually, prison. God’s love and mercy knows no bounds, however, and it was there that Kenney first encountered the Lord …

House of the Lord | Gail Deibler Finke History Behind the Name When Bernadette Soubirous, a poor peasant girl from the town of Lourdes near the French Pyrenees, first reported that a beautiful “small young lady” appeared to her at a cave in February of 1858, no one believed her. …

From the Archives | Michelle Smith It’s surprising how often the smallest objects hold the heaviest stories. A small metal pyx once moved through the world, carried urgently toward someone in need. Now it sits motionless in the Archives, cool and silent. Between its swift journey and its settled rest …