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By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — If the Catholic Church recognizes as “worthy of belief” only the initial alleged apparitions of Mary at Medjugorje, it would be the first time the church distinguished between phases of a single event, but it also would acknowledge that human beings and a …

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IMAGE: CNS photo/Claudio Peri, EPA By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The frailty associated with illnesses like Huntington’s disease is not a reason to shun the sick but a reminder of the value of life, Pope Francis said. Jesus came to tear down the walls of stigma and …

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By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis will celebrate the feast of the Body and Blood of Christ and the Corpus Christi procession on a Sunday — June 18 — and not on the traditional Thursday feast day, which is June 15 this year. Throughout Italy and in …

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St. Meinrad, IN – Mrs. Joy Roose from the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, a student in the Graduate Theology Program at Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology, was awarded a Master of Theological Studies on Saturday, May 13, 2017. Graduates accepted their diplomas from the Rt. Rev. Kurt Stasiak, OSB, …

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Archbishop Daniel Pilarczyk and Bishop Carl Moeddel with Fathers Jeffrey Fullmer, Mark Meyer, Patrick Sloneker, Ronald Piepmeyer
Twenty years ago four men from the Archdiocese of Cincinnati were ordained, Fathers Jeff Fulmer, Mark Meyer, Patrick Sloneker, and Ronald Piepmeyer.  

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IMAGE: CNS photo/Diane Clay, Sooner Catholic By Diane Clay OKARCHE, Okla. (CNS) — Early on the morning of May 10, the remains of Father Stanley F. Rother were exhumed from Holy Trinity Cemetery in Okarche and transported to Oklahoma City. As required by the Catholic Church for the beatification process, …

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IMAGE: CNS photo/Christina Lee Knauss, The Catholic Miscellany By Christina Lee Knauss WALHALLA, S.C. (CNS) — For a century, a simple but serenely beautiful wooden building tucked away in the picturesque mountain town of Walhalla has been the spiritual home for Catholics. St. Francis of Assisi Mission was built by …

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IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis is not shy about showing his love for Mary in public and, like many Latin American bishops, he strongly has resisted attempts to dismiss as superstitious or “simple,” in a negative sense, popular devotion to the mother of …

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IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The commission that now-retired Pope Benedict XVI established to study the alleged apparitions of Mary at Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina, reportedly voted overwhelmingly to recognize as supernatural the first seven appearances of Mary in 1981. However, according to a report published by …