IMAGE: CNS photo/Jamal Nasrallah, EPA By Dale Gavlak AL-UM-KUNDUN, Jordan (CNS) — Catholic leaders have expressed concern for tens of thousands of Iraqi Christian refugees sheltering in Jordan as access to international aid tightens with crises deepening in the Middle East and elsewhere. “The situation of Iraqi Christians refugees is …

IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy of Salesians By BANGALORE, India (CNS) — The Salesians have organized a special prayer meeting to mark the one-year anniversary of the kidnapping of Indian Salesian Father Tom Uzhunnalil. The priest was kidnapped in Aden, Yemen, March 4, 2016, in an attack in which four Missionaries of …

IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy of Salesians By BANGALORE, India (CNS) — The Salesians have organized a special prayer meeting to mark the one-year anniversary of the kidnapping of Indian Salesian Father Tom Uzhunnalil. The priest was kidnapped in Aden, Yemen, March 4, 2016, in an attack in which four Missionaries of …

IMAGE: CNS/L’Osservatore Romano By Junno Arocho Esteves ROME (CNS) — Faith is a continuing path of growth and maturity that cannot progress without the presence of temptations, Pope Francis told priests of the Diocese of Rome. How faith develops in “a man, in a priest” despite his flaws can be …

IMAGE: CNS/L’Osservatore Romano By Junno Arocho Esteves ROME (CNS) — Faith is a continuing path of growth and maturity that cannot progress without the presence of temptations, Pope Francis told priests of the Diocese of Rome. How faith develops in “a man, in a priest” despite his flaws can be …

Mother of Mercy High School is sponsored by the Religious Sisters of Mercy, a religious community founded in 1831 in Dublin, Ireland. The Sisters from their earliest days were dedicated to the education of young women and to the needs of the sick and the poor. At this time, Mother …

New school will be called Mercy McAuley High Beginning in fall 2018, Cincinnati’s young women will be served by a new Catholic, Mercy high school that will be called Mercy McAuley High. Blending 160 years of excellence at Mother of Mercy High School and at McAuley High School, the new …

All three 40 Days for Life Campaigns in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati began this week on Ash Wednesday, and two held kickoff rallies Sunday afternoon.

Eight Badin High School students earned awards Saturday evening at the opening of the Middletown Art Center’s annual “Tomorrow’s Artists Today” exhibition/competition, which runs through late March. “These are some amazing pieces of art from our students and we are thrilled at their success,” Badin art teacher Sarah Daniels said. …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Victor Aleman, Angelus News By J.D. Long-Garcia LOS ANGELES (CNS) — The answer to society’s dysfunctions can be found in one person: Jesus Christ. That message is at the core of a new pastoral letter by Los Angeles Archbishop Jose H. Gomez — “For Greater Things You Were …