Archdiocese releases cathedral schedule for Holy Week 2016
Press Release Archdiocese of Cincinnati The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati will join Christians throughout the world this week in celebrating Holy Week, the most sacred time of the Church year, which began with Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion on March 20. For Holy Week Celebrations throughout the Archdiocese …
In his passion, Jesus reveals the God of mercy, pope says
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Just as the crowds and government officials tried to dodge responsibility for Jesus’ fate after he was arrested, so today too many individuals and countries want someone else to care for refugees fleeing violence and migrants seeking a better life, …
Ministering to veterans ‘about reconciliation and healing,’ says deacon
IMAGE: CNS photo/Theresa Laurence, Tennessee Register By Theresa Laurence NASHVILLE, Tenn. (CNS) — As a lieutenant colonel in the Tennessee Army National Guard, Deacon John Krenson was responsible for the well-being of his soldiers in many tense situations in Afghanistan and Iraq. Now, on the cusp of retirement from the …
‘Laudato Si” connects Catholic tradition, natural world and science
IMAGE: CNS photo/Mike Nelson, EPA By Dennis Sadowski TUMACACORI, Ariz. (CNS) — Jesuit Father Eusebio Francisco Kino, an Italian missionary to the American Southwest known as the “Padre on Horseback,” was honored Jan. 10 at the Tumacacori National Historical Park with Kino Legacy Day. The celebration of the priest — …
Christians concerned with Israeli restrictions for Holy Week, Easter
IMAGE: CNS photo/Oliver Weiken, EPA By Judith Sudilovsky JERUSALEM (CNS) — Israeli restrictions on reaching the Church of the Holy Sepulcher for Holy Week and Easter are part of the current Israeli government’s policy of making Jerusalem an exclusively Jewish city, said Yusef Daher, secretary-general of the Jerusalem Interchurch Center. …
Vatican to undertake ecological initiatives during Easter season
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — During Holy Week and in the Easter season, the Vatican will take part in several initiatives highlighting the importance of ecology and the care for creation. The Governorate of Vatican City State announced March 18 that the thousands of …
Author gives strong, clear portrait of U.S. priest killed in Guatemala
IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy Our Sunday Visitor By Kathleen Finley BEIT JALLA, West Bank (CNS) — A U.S. bishop visiting the Holy Land for the second year in a row said Palestinians whose land has been divided by the Israeli separation barrier “have lost hope.” “It was very sad to see …
Kerry says Islamic State is committing genocide against minorities
IMAGE: CNS photo/Alaa Elkamhawia, EPA By Barb Fraze WASHINGTON (CNS) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said that atrocities carried out by the Islamic State group against Yezidis, Christians and other minorities were genocide, the first U.S. declaration of genocide since Sudanese actions in Darfur in 2004. Kerry said …
Father Elizondo, nationally known Notre Dame theology professor, dies
IMAGE: CNS photo/Octavio Duran By SAN ANTONIO (CNS) — Father Virgilio Elizondo, a nationally known professor of pastoral and Hispanic theology at the University of Notre Dame and founder of what is today the Mexican American Catholic College in San Antonio, was found dead in his home the afternoon of …
Throwback Thursday: Irish dance a St. Patrick’s Day tradition
At Catholic schools, heritage centers, nursing homes and other locations around the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, those observing St. Patrick’s Day are likely to come in contact with irish dance. Though not an explicitly Catholic activity, irish dance gets most of its exposure on the feast of St. Patrick, the patron …
