Scenes of recent outreach trip to Honduras
Several Archdiocese of Cincinnati Staff headed to Honduras for the annual Our Lady of Suyapa Mass. Our Lady of Suyapa was honored in Honduras on February 2nd of each year, until Pope Pius XII officially declared Our Lady of Suyapa Patroness of the Republic of Honduras, and chose February 3rd …
Faith, love and flexibility: Longtime married couples share all three
IMAGE: CNS photo/Ed Langlois, Catholic Sentinel By Ed Langlois NEWBERG, Ore. (CNS) — A common faith, thinking as a team, being flexible and arguing candidly but respectfully describe some of the keys to a strong marriage for Claude and Yvette Arrington, named Oregon’s longest married couple by Worldwide Marriage Encounter. …
World needs women, not for what they do, but who they are, pope says
By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The exploitation of any person is a crime, but the exploitation of a woman “destroys harmony” in the world, Pope Francis said. Commenting on the Genesis story of God creating Eve, Pope Francis told people at his early morning Mass Feb. 9 that …
Pope: Speechless before horror of Holocaust, pray it never happen again
IMAGE: CNS/L’Osservatore Romano By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Anti-Semitism is absolutely contrary to Christianity, and the church has a duty to denounce and repel such hatred, Pope Francis said. There are no words, however, that could ever adequately address “the horrors of cruelty and sin” of the Holocaust, …
Celebrating marriage: Newlyweds look to pope for blessings, strength
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Each week dozens of newlyweds, dressed again in their wedding gowns and tuxedoes, come to the Vatican to receive a special papal blessing as they begin their lives together. “It’s always been a dream of mine, since I was …
Throwback Thursday: A look at St. Martin DePorres Church
In 1935 with the encouragement of Archbishop John T. McNicholas, O.P., Revs. Leo Walsh and Charles Murphy began ministering to the African American community in the Lockland neighborhood, a suburb of Cincinnati. After a plea for financial assistance was placed in The Catholic Telegraph, an anonymous gift of $4000 made …
Vatican summit participants vow efforts to stop organ trafficking
By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — A Vatican summit on organ trafficking called for greater efforts to prevent the exploitation of those vulnerable to corrupt health professionals and criminal networks making the sale of human organs possible. “We, the undersigned participants of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences summit on …
Slammed in 2005 by Katrina, tornado victims hold fast to faith
IMAGE: CNS photo/Peter Finney Jr., Clarion Herald By Peter Finney Jr. NEW ORLEANS (CNS) — Vergie and Roger Davis of Resurrection of Our Lord Parish in New Orleans East, who recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary, have been through natural disasters of near biblical proportions before. In 1982, an electrical …
Peace in our community February 28th event at Xavier University.
A special event at Xavier University’s Cintas Center Feb. 28 will focus on embracing intercultural and racial diversity in our institutions. Louisville Archbishop Joseph Kurtz, former president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), will be the keynote speaker and will give the homily at a Mass celebrated …
No nation is free of organ trafficking, say speakers at Vatican summit
IMAGE: CNS photo/Stringer, EPA By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — No country is immune to the trafficking of organs, which has become a global problem that demands a concerted and cooperative response, said a number of speakers at a Vatican summit. To encourage nations to create, tighten or implement …