By John Stegeman The Catholic Telegraph  “Sometimes we get answers, other times we don’t. Most times there’s a reason, and it moves us further on.” A singer/songwriter from Dayton and married mother of two, Keri Edwards was searching for answers most of her life.

By Francis X. Rocca Catholic News Service  VATICAN CITY — Five cardinals dedicated a new wing of the U.S. seminary in Rome, its first major addition in more than 60 years. Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin, who as secretary of state is considered the highest Vatican official under the pope, led …

Staff Report The following are reports from various Catholic institutions around the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. McAuley ‘Women in Law’ visit Cincinnati City Hall Ten students in McAuley High School’s Women in Law Program recently visited Cincinnati City Hall as one of their seminars. On Dec. 8, they attended Council proceedings, …

By Alan Holdren & Andrea Gagliarducci CNA/EWTN News  VATICAN CITY — Although it’s still not official, the Vatican’s Secretary of State confirmed today that Pope Francis will most likely visit Washington D.C. and New York during his visit to the United States. “I think the Pope will go to United Nations, …

By Steve Trosley The Catholic Telegraph  The passionate pursuit of truth fuels the work of the authentic academic. Thus, Father Pawel Rytel-Andrianik pours his energies into seeking the truth of Catholic heroism in the days of the holocaust.

By Francis X. Rocca Catholic News Service  VATICAN CITY — Underscoring the geographical diversity of his selections, Pope Francis named 15 cardinal electors “from 14 nations of every continent, showing the inseparable link between the church of Rome and the particular churches present in the world.”

The Catholic Telegraph’s first edition of 2016 features Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr holding aloft the Gospel before opening the Holy Door of Mercy at the Cathedral of St. Peter in Chains. The issue should begin arriving in mailboxes Dec. 30. The cover story (page 6) will tell readers that more …

By Eileen Connelly, OSU The Catholic Telegraph A special Mass on Nov. 16 brought two Dayton faith communities together as they honored the past, celebrated their unity and are now looking with faith and hope toward the future as Our Lady of Grace Parish. The liturgy was held at Our …

By Catholic News Service  ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Maryland’s outgoing Gov. Martin O’Malley announced Dec. 31 he would commute the death sentences of the last four inmates on the state’s death row to life imprisonment without possibility of parole. 

By Steve Trosley The Catholic Telegraph “Seek the face of the Lord.” So declares the Episcopal motto of Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr, who led a group of 80 pilgrims through the Holy Land in Israel and Jordan on an advent spiritual journey Dec. 1-14. The pilgrims found the face of …