St. Anthony Quad Beer Launch
By Gail Finke Friars were out in force for the crowded launch of Urban Artifact’s St. Anthony Quad Beer on Fat Tuesday. The brewery and pub in what was once the undercroft of St. Patrick Church in Northside hummed with the sounds of band Jazz Renaissance and talk from the …
Cincinnati’s Gift to the Country: National Tartar Sauce Day
By Gail Finke Today is the first-ever National Tartar Sauce Day, a celebration cooked up (see what I did there?) by none other than the new owners of Frisch’s Restaurants, home of a fanatically beloved tartar sauce made from a secret recipe. “People have tried to match it, but they …
Fasting: Lent’s spiritual practice creates space for prayer
By Carol Zimmermann WASHINGTON (CNS) — There is no getting around fasting during Lent. Not only is it one of the three pillars of spiritual practice along with prayer and almsgiving, but it also bookends the period of preparation for Easter. Fasting and abstinence is required of adult Catholics, ages …
Fasting: Lent’s spiritual practice creates space for prayer
By Carol Zimmermann WASHINGTON (CNS) — There is no getting around fasting during Lent. Not only is it one of the three pillars of spiritual practice along with prayer and almsgiving, but it also bookends the period of preparation for Easter. Fasting and abstinence is required of adult Catholics, ages …
Situation for Iraqi refugees in Jordan ‘critical and dangerous’
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 …
Situation for Iraqi refugees in Jordan ‘critical and dangerous’
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 …
Prayers planned for Indian Salesian kidnapped last March in Yemen
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 …
Prayers planned for Indian Salesian kidnapped last March in Yemen
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 …
Faith can’t grow without temptation, pope tells Rome priests
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 …
Faith can’t grow without temptation, pope tells Rome priests
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 …