Catholic Charities Served Nearly 30,000 More People
CINCINNATI – June 28, 2017 – Catholic Charities Southwestern Ohio Annual Report details how the agency served 120,000 people across 11 counties last year. This is almost a 31% increase from the prior year in people assisted by the agency. “We celebrated the Jubilee Year of Mercy by expanding our …
In Washington, Salvadoran diaspora in awe of first Salvadoran cardinal
IMAGE: CNS photo/Octavio Duran By Rhina Guidos WASHINGTON (CNS) — As El Salvador’s first cardinal receives his red hat June 28 at the Vatican, he will have the eyes of his flock at home but also of the Washington area, home to approximately 260,000 Salvadorans — one of the largest …
Youth Retreat ends the day with Adoration
At Mount Saint Mary’s Seminary on June 26th, teens from St. Gertrude, Guardian Angels, and Immaculate Heart of Mary Parishes began a five-day retreat. After an afternoon of many outdoor activities, they returned to the parish center for the afternoon talk on The Blessed Mother. Each part of the day …
No church for old men: Cardinals called to be grandfathers, pope says
IMAGE: CNS/L’Osservatore Romano By Cindy Wooden VATICAN LETTER (CNS) — The Catholic Church is not a “gerontocracy” ruled by old men, 80-year-old Pope Francis said; “we aren’t old men, we are grandfathers.” “We are grandfathers called to dream and to give our dreams to the young people of today. They …
National Catholic Music Festival Coming to Cincinnati in July
By Gail Finke Thousands of parish musicians from around the world will be in Cincinnati this July, so don’t be surprised to hear singing in the streets. The National Pastoral Musicians (NPM) Convention will run from July 10-14 at the Cincinnati Convention Center, but is only part of the joyful …
Archbishop Schnurr Celebrates Mass for Teens
By Gail Finke Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr told youth groups from three area parishes that God had a plan for their lives at Mass Monday in the chapel of Mount St. Mary’s Seminary of the West. Gathered at the Mt. Washington seminary and school to begin a five-day retreat, the …
Bishops: Loss of affordable health care under GOP plan ‘simply unacceptable’
By Julie Asher WASHINGTON (CNS) — The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, in its analysis of the Senate health care bill, said late June 26 the measure would leave 22 million more people without insurance. “This moment cannot pass without comment,” said Bishop Frank J. Dewane of Venice, Florida, chairman of …
Supreme Court will hear travel ban, allow some limits on immigration
IMAGE: CNS photo/Yuri Gripas, Reuters By Rhina Guidos WASHINGTON (CNS) — The Supreme Court of the United States said that this fall it will hear a case involving President Donald Trump’s travel ban, which seeks to delay entry into the country by immigrants from six majority-Muslim countries and one that …
Court says church school can’t be barred from state funds for playground
IMAGE: CNS photo/Yuri Gripas, Reuters By Carol Zimmermann WASHINGTON (CNS) — In a 7-2 decision, the Supreme Court June 26 said a Lutheran preschool should not be excluded from a state grant program to refurbish its playground surface just because it is a religious entity. “The exclusion of Trinity Lutheran …
Vatican calls on China to let bishop exercise his ministry
IMAGE: CNS/Nancy Wiechec By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Vatican expressed “grave concern” over the situation of a bishop in mainland China who has been in government custody for almost 10 months and moved repeatedly in an apparent attempt to prevent him from assuming leadership of his diocese. …