Release St. Vincent de Paul-Cincinnati is asking local residents to donate blood to the Hoxworth Blood Center during the month of February. Hoxworth has challenged more than 60 non-profits, including St. Vincent de Paul, to recruit donors to donate blood during the month of February. Each donation in St. Vincent …

By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service  VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Benedict XVI asked nuns, brothers and priests not to listen to the “prophets of doom” who say that consecrated life has no future or that it has no meaning in today’s world. “Do not join the prophets of doom …

By Sister Mary Ann Barnhorn February 2013 Monthly Reflection We are deep into winter here in the Midwest.   It’s cold and dark and damp.  We tend to isolate ourselves in these months, staying warm and safe within the walls of our houses.  We feel alone.   Sometimes we feel …

By John Stegeman Sean-Patrick Lovett, Vatican Radio’s director of English language programming, accepted the 2013 Daniel J. Kane Religious Communications Award from the University of Dayton‘s Institute for Pastoral Initiatives Jan. 31 in the university’s Kennedy Union Ballroom. (See video below) Lovett received the award for his “outstanding lifetime dedication …

By CT Staff WASHINGTON—The  Obama administration today issued proposed rules for public comment regarding contraceptive coverage with no cost sharing under the health care law. The new rules would also adapt the administrations previous definition of what institutions could be defined as a religious employer. According to a release by …

By Eileen Connelly, OSU A contingent from the Archdiocese of Cincinnati arrived Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Jan. 31, where its members were greeted by the warmth and hospitality of the Honduran people. The group will be in the country through Feb. 5, taking part in festivities surrounding the feast of our Lady …

By John Stegeman The Catholic Telegraph When hundreds of people from the Archdiocese of Cincinnati headed to Washington, D.C., for the March for Life, they no doubt expected ambivalence from the national and even local secular news media. They got it. With the increasing popularity of social media sites like …