2016 Jubilarians: Sisters of Charity
The staff of The Catholic Telegraph wishes to express our gratitude to the following Sisters of Charity celebrating jubilees in 2016 for their steadfast faith and dedicated service to the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. Seventy-five Years Sister Rita Schmutte Born and raised in Cincinnati, Sister Rita Schmutte began her educational …
Pope, Lutheran leaders begin Reformation commemoration with prayer
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden LUND, Sweden (CNS) — Urging Catholics and Lutherans to take decisive steps toward unity, Pope Francis nevertheless offered no new openings to the idea of sharing Communion before full unity is achieved. “We Christians will be credible witnesses of mercy to the extent that …
Priests to celebrate Masses outdoors after massive earthquake in Italy
IMAGE: CNS photo/Remo Casilli, Reuters By Junno Arocho Esteves ROME (CNS) — Priests in central Italy were instructed to celebrate Mass outdoors following another devastating earthquake that rocked the region and brought one its most spiritually and historically significant churches tumbling down. Cardinal Gualtiero Bassetti of Perugia-Citta della Pieve advised …
Pope arrives in Sweden for what he calls important ecumenical event
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden MALMO, Sweden (CNS) — Under a thick gray sky, Pope Francis was welcomed to Sweden with a small formal ceremony, which conveyed by its brevity that the trip was not a formal state visit, but had another purpose. Flying to Malmo Oct. 31, Pope …
Companions of St. James Italy Pilgrimage 2016 Part II
For the pictorial tour of the Companions of St. James Archdiocese of Cincinnati Pilgrimage to Italy (Part 1), Click Here The Companions of St. James from the Archdiocese continued their Pilgrimage to Italy in this Year of Mercy in Siena. The Siena Basilica was consecrated in 1215 A.D. and …
A picture says a thousand words: Halloween 2016
Students at St. Francis Seraph went Trick or Treat at the Archdiocese of Cincinnati Central Offices
Hundreds of Scouts assembled for the Field Mass
“A Scout is reverent.” Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Binzer celebrated Mass for Catholic Boy Scouts and leaders at the Peterloon Camporee last month. The weekend event at the historic Peterloon Estate has been held since 1927, making it the longest-running camporee in the hstory of Scouting. More than 6,000 Scouts attended …
New dome at national shrine will be ‘wonder to behold,’ says cardinal
IMAGE: CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn By Carol Zimmermann WASHINGTON (CNS) — Builders, church leaders, choir members and journalists gathered atop eight floors of scaffolding — 159 feet high — in the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception Oct. 28 for the blessing of the workspace where a new …
In Syria, danger and misery are abundant, but solutions are scarce
IMAGE: CNS photo/Mohammed Badra, Reuters By Rhina Guidos WASHINGTON (CNS) — There is only one word to describe the images coming out of Syria as the conflict advances: apocalyptic. Aleppo, once Syria’s largest city and once known as its jewel, sits in rubble, but more tragically so do its people. …
Medieval crucifix in St. Peter’s Basilica ‘resurrected’ from obscurity
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — His toes curl in pain, his veins bulge from exertion, his bony chest heaves in the last throes of death. The newly restored 14th-century wooden crucified Christ “has been resurrected” from obscurity — once caked over with dark paint and …