In lieu of visit, pope makes major donation to South Sudan charities
IMAGE: CNS photo/Carol Glatz By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — With a trip to South Sudan postponed indefinitely, Pope Francis is sending close to a half-million dollars to help two church-run hospitals, a teacher training center and farming projects for families as a way to show the people there …
Holiness means being open to God, pope says
IMAGE: CNS photo/Tony Gentile, Reuters By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Being a saint doesn’t require spending long hours in prayer, but rather living life open to God in good times and in bad, Pope Francis said. Christians should live with the “hope of becoming saints” and with …
Fortnight for Freedom June 21st through July 1st: Freedom for Misson
Archdiocese of Cincinnati Office of the Archbishop 100 East Eighth Street Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 513-421-3131 Ext. 2810 June 8, 2017 My Dear Friends in Christ, One of the most precious freedoms we have as Americans is the religious liberty guaranteed by the First Amendment to our Constitution. Concerned about increasing …
A picture says a thousand words: Final 2 stops on Big Ten Festival Weekend
On June 9th through June 11th there were 10 Festivals throughout the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. The CT Crew was out and about at 6 of them. Today our final 2 stops, St. Maximilian Kolbe in Liberty Township and Assumption in Mount Healthy.
Pope accepts early resignation of Vatican’s first independent auditor
By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Just two years after being hired to help with the Vatican’s efforts in finance reform, Libero Milone — the Vatican’s first independent auditor who answered only to the pope — handed a request for his resignation to Pope Francis. The pope accepted Milone’s …
New priests follow many paths to answering call to serve God’s people
IMAGE: CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn By Josephine von Dohlen WASHINGTON (CNS) — After almost 12 years as an Episcopal priest, Deacon Jonathan Erdman entered into full communion with the Catholic Church along with his family in 2016 and a year later, he is becoming a Catholic priest. He will be ordained …
Father Ron Williams presented IHM with an icon of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Father Ron Williams, parochial vicar at Immaculate Heart of Mary parish in Anderson Township, presented the parish with an icon of Our Lady of Guadalupe, patroness of America, during the Vigil Mass on June 17. “Here at Immaculate Heart of Mary, we are blessed with a growing, vibrant, and energetic …
Fr. Richard Klug, Teacher and Pastor, Dead at 90
Rev. Richard L. Klug died on Thursday, June 15, 2017. He was born on September 11, 1926 in Cheviot, Ohio. He attended St. Gregory Seminary and received a Licentiate in Sacred Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. He was ordained on December 8, 1951 at Our Lady of …
Pope: Don’t pretend to be teens; help youths see blessings of adulthood
IMAGE: CNS photo/Giorgio Onorati, EPA By Junno Arocho Esteves ROME (CNS) — Instead of “pretending to be adolescents,” parents must help young people see the blessing of growing into adulthood, Pope Francis told priests, religious, catechists and parish council members from the Diocese of Rome. The belief that youthfulness is …
Corpus Christi Procession at Guardian Angels
By tradition, Catholics take part in a Corpus Christi procession following mass, through the streets of a neighborhood near their parish, and pray and sing during the passage. The Eucharist, known as the Blessed Sacrament, is placed in a monstrance and is held aloft by a member of the clergy …
