Cardinal says group’s ‘deceptive’ ads promote abortion as ‘a social good’
By WASHINGTON (CNS) — Ads appearing around the country “calling for taxpayer funding of abortion in the name of the Catholic faith” are “deceptive,” “extreme” and promote “abortion as if it were a social good,” said New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan. The abortion advocacy organization Catholics for Choice placed …
Pope urges Christians to believe in the ‘logic’ of the resurrection
By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Christians are called to believe in the logic of the resurrection of the body and not succumb to heresies that reduce it to a mere spiritual experience, Pope Francis said. When looking toward the future, the uncertainty about what happens after death …
Benedictines say their fresh-baked spice cookies have ‘heavenly’ scent
IMAGE: CNS photo/Katie Breidenbach By Katie Breidenbach FERDINAND, Ind. (CNS) — The aroma of fresh-baked spice cookies fills the monastery bakery in Ferdinand. The Sisters of St. Benedict claim this scent is truly “heavenly,” and with good reason. A saint wrote the recipe. “It is attributed to St. Hildegard,” explained …
Pray for both sides on election day 2016
Members of the archdiocesan central office staff recently attended a workshop that featured an extensive session on prayer. I’ll never pretend to be a theologian but I have navigated tough situations and times over many years on instinct. That alone tells me that the Jesus’ teaching in Luke 11 should …
St. Columbkille Parish celebrates 150th anniversary
Father John O’Donoghue saddled his horse outside his home church in Morrow and began to make frequent visits to Wilmington — the Quaker-founded seat of Clinton County. A group of Irish farmers had requested a priest come to say Mass and eventually Father O’Donoghue fulfilled their wish on a more …
School of Faith helps local man answer call to evangelize
Through an organization called School of Faith, John Leyendecker discovered his mission is teaching teachers. “School of Faith started working in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati,” said Leyendecker, a northern Kentucky native who now resides in Milford. “Last year, we took 15 Catholic school teachers to the Holy Land for a …
Changing canon law, pope brings Latin and Eastern practices closer
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — In a change to church law, Latin-rite Catholic deacons may not preside at a wedding when one or both of the new spouses are members of an Eastern Catholic church. The new rule is one of the changes to 11 …
Stephen T. Badin High School Homecoming is here!
(Hamilton) – The Stephen Badin Rams will play Purcell Marian Cavaliers in their Homecoming football game on Friday, Sept. 16, at 7 p.m. at Virgil Schwarm Stadium. The court will be part of the Homecoming parade that starts at 6 p.m. that night from the Hamilton Freshman School and goes …
Throwback Thursday: Our Mother of Sorrows, Roselawn
by Sarah Patterson September 15th is the memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows. Simeon predicted that a sword would pierce Mary’s heart (Luke 2:35) and the Church honors her seven sorrows. There have been two churches with this title in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, one in Monroe and the other …
Study puts dollar value of organized religion in the U.S. at $1.2 trillion
By Rhina Guidos WASHINGTON (CNS) — Can you put a dollar value on religion? One Georgetown University researcher has attempted something close to it, releasing findings from a study that says organized religion and behaviors associated with it contribute, by one estimate, nearly $1.2 trillion to the United States. Brian …