By Patricia Zapor Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled Nov. 1 that two Catholic brothers from Sidney, Ohio were wrongly denied a preliminary injunction exempting them from providing contraceptive coverage in employee health insurance, sending the case back to …

Press Release The Archdiocese of Cincinnati has contracted with a criminal background check company to screen all its clerics, employees, and volunteers in order to provide the safest possible environment for the children under its care. Currently, criminal background checks are conducted by Archdiocesan employees. Effective early next year, SELECTiON.COM®, …

Press Release The Archdiocese of Cincinnati will observe National Black Catholic History Month with a special Mass, an awards dinner, and a lecture. The Most Rev. Joseph R. Binzer, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, will preside at a Mass of Celebration in honor Black Catholic History Month at …

Staff Report Five players and several staff members from the Cleveland Cavaliers NBA franchise visited St. Francis Seraph Catholic elementary school on Oct. 22. The Cavaliers organization was there along with the humanitarian agency Samaritan’s Feet and volunteers from the Horseshoe Casino to wash the feet of nearly 160 underserved …

Staff Report A dozen young adults from Honduras arrived in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati Wednesday night and will spend about six days with their twinning partners from St. Margaret of York parish.

Press Release In Western culture, no Nativity scene is complete without a donkey and perhaps a couple of sheep. But when an Australian artist depicts the Nativity, a kangaroo, a koala and a kookaburra gather around the manger.

Staff Report Archbishop of Cincinnati Dennis M. Schnurr is among those nominated as candidates for president and vice president when U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) elects the next president and vice president of USCCB during the bishops’ annual fall General Assembly, Nov. 11-14, at the Baltimore Waterfront Marriott Hotel. 

By Kate Tucci Press Release For the first time in its history the Cincinnati Right to Life 5K Run/Walk will be held on the east side of Cincinnati and will be hosted by Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish. 

By Steve Trosley The Catholic Telegraph The place in downtown Middletown is part art studio, part workshop, part museum, part archive and part restaurant.  And if you’re uncomfortable eating in a restaurant with a large stained glass representation of Jesus in the Temple, owner Jay Moorman says, “you can just …

Staff Report The 40 Days For Life prayer vigil continues at three locations in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. One of The Catholic Telegraph‘s reporters recently joined in prayer at the Cincinnati vigil. To read his reflection on the experience, click here.