Dear Father: What does the Church teach about Reiki? Why do people turn to these types of things instead of Jesus or the saints? Dear Reader: Thank you for your question.Some years ago, I was in the Metaphysics section of a bookstore. I was edified thinking that a mainstream bookstore …

Staff Report DePaul Cristo Rey High School in Cincinnati announced last week that 100 percent of its first graduating class of seniors have been accepted to college. The celebration March 13 included the unveiling of a banner announcing the milestone. A DPCR press release stated that 100 percent college acceptance …

Press Release Kathy Kane, nationally recognized principal of Our Lady of Victory School in Delhi Township, is joining the Archdiocese of Cincinnati’s Catholic Schools Office as Director of Certification in the Catholic Schools Office, effective July 1. She will replace Cathy Bever, who is retiring after 16 years as the …

By Walt Schaefer For The Catholic Telegraph  The Catholic culture in Over-the-Rhine will soon see a boost. The Cincinnati Oratory, a group of priests and brothers currently in formation, soon will begin renovation of the Pious House and 12th and Clay streets in Over-the-Rhine. Cincinnati Oratorians oversee nearby Old St. …

  Staff Report We’ve reached half-way in March, and here’s some family activities for the rest of March: Around March 17th March Madness Catholic Bracketology. When the teams are announced for this year’s March Madness create a Catholic Bracketology and discover the Catholic Universities and Colleges. Each member of the …

By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Young people are honest and bold in identifying fakes, which is something church leaders should not be afraid of, Pope Francis told the bishops of South Korea and Mongolia. “When we speak with young people, they challenge us to share the …

By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — A holy year as a time of spiritual renewal has its biblical roots in the jubilees observed by the Jewish people at 50-year intervals, when debts were pardoned and slaves were freed. The term “jubilee” itself comes from the Hebrew word …

By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis announced an extraordinary jubilee, a Holy Year of Mercy, to highlight the Catholic Church’s “mission to be a witness of mercy.” “No one can be excluded from God’s mercy,” the pope said March 13, marking the second anniversary of …

By Chaz Muth Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — When the University of Notre Dame invited President Barack Obama to be its 2009 commencement speaker, it unleashed a firestorm of criticism on one of the country’s most recognized U.S. Catholic institutions of higher education. Holy Cross Father Theodore M. Hesburgh, who …

By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — When Pope Francis went out onto the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica for the first time, he said he did not prepare what he was going to say, but “I felt deeply that a minister needs the blessing of God, but …