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Staff Report On Wednesday, August 4, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, based in Cincinnati, will review challenges to laws upholding traditional marriage in four states — Ohio, Kentucky, Michigan and Tennessee. The court will review all the cases together.

By Eileen Connelly, OSU The Catholic Telegraph  She knows food, said Francesca Franchina. And, the devout Catholic also knows her faith. Making the connection between the two is her passion. Franchina’s earliest childhood memories involve food and her appreciation for Italian cuisine is rooted in her Sicilian ancestry. 

Rosary Rally
By John Stegeman The Catholic Telegraph A day before Ohio high school football teams were set to begin two-a-day practices, Catholic high schools from around the region gathered to pray the rosary in front of the Blessed Sacrament. Mount St. Mary’s Seminary of the West at the Athenaeum of Ohio …

Everyday Evangelists
By Eileen Connelly, OSU The Catholic Telegraph  Imagine living on the same land for more than 175 years, land passed down from generation to generation, providing your family’s livelihood and a place to call home in what is truly God’s country. Such is the case with Urban and Mary Louise …

St. Ann parish brought a big crowd to a recent Cincinnati Reds' game and their pastor delivered the game ball. (CT Photos/John Stegeman)
By John Stegeman The Catholic Telegraph Parishes in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati host a wide array of social events. From picnics to festivals, there’s plenty in common and many parishes take advantage of a shared love throughout southwestern Ohio — Cincinnati Reds baseball.

Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr cuts a ribbon at a July 14 ceremonial opening of the NET Ministries regional office located in downtown Cincinnati while archdiocesan staff look on. The archbishop also read a prayer and blessed the new office. (CT Photo/John Stegeman)
By John Stegeman The Catholic Telegraph  NET Ministries opened the organization’s first regional office in Cincinnati July 1. The youth evangelization organization, which announced it would be opening a regional office here late last year, has been working in this archdiocese for years, hosting more than 50 retreats in 2013. …

Staff Report Subscribers to The Catholic Telegraph’s print edition (and remember you can sign up here for a subscription at no cost to you) will begin receiving their August editions of the newspaper around Tuesday, July 29.

Staff Report Lest one believe that summer fun is nearing an end as July rolls along, The Catholic Telegraph’s 2014 Festival Guide includes 40 more festivals between now and the end of September.

By Mary Bertolini For The Catholic Telegraph  The Catholic Church’s door swings both ways for Catholic Hispanics in the United States, just as it does for all other cultures.  Many come in, but there are also those who leave. Sixty-seven percent of Latino adults identified themselves as Catholic in 2010, …

By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service  VATICAN CITY — The General Synod of the Church of England voted July 14 to authorize the ordination of women as bishops and approved motions pledging to respect and work with people who believe that, theologically, the vote was a mistake. Before the vote, …