Polish church unveils preliminary plan for pope’s July visit
IMAGE: CNS/Marcin Mazur By Jonathan Luxmoore WARSAW, Poland (CNS) — Pope Francis will visit the former Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau during a July 27-31 visit to Poland for the celebration of World Youth Day, the Polish bishops announced. Up to 2.5 million young people from around the world, as …
Humble service, now ‘that’s amore,’ pope says at audience
IMAGE: CNS photo/Alessandro Bianchi, Reuters By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Serving others, helping them without making a show of it, “that’s amore,” Pope Francis said. “Amore,” or love, “is the concrete service we render to one another,” the pope said March 12 during a special general audience for …
Church must encourage couples who remain faithful, pope says
IMAGE: CNS photo/Alessandro Bianchi, Reuters By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — While the Catholic Church tries to help people whose marriages have failed remain or return to an active Catholic life, it also must express its admiration for people who remain faithful to their marriage vows despite great difficulty, …
Pope marks third anniversary of election with talk on mercy
IMAGE: CNS/Reuters By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis celebrated the third anniversary of his election with a simple Tweet — “Pray for me” — and the usual Sunday recitation of the Angelus prayer with tens of thousands of people gathered in St. Peter’s Square. In his talk …
Alter girls repeat as state champions
Official OHSAA Recap COLUMBUS – In a rematch of last year’s Division II girls basketball state championship game, Kettering Archbishop Alter put forth a record-setting scoring performance to defeat Ottawa-Glandorf, 74-48, on its way to winning its second-consecutive OHSAA Girls Basketball Division II State Tournament championship on Saturday afternoon at …
Habitat for Humanity dedicates another home in name of Pope Francis
Pope Francis has a house in Cincinnati. Habitat for Humanity of Greater Cincinnati (HFHGC) dedicated the “Pope Francis House” on Hopple Court in Millvale Jan. 23. The new home of the Bureau family was built to honor the pontiff. The project was funded with $60,000 in seed money from an …
Photographer’s life work to expose horrors of global human trafficking
IMAGE: CNS photo/Sam Lucero, The Compass By Sam Lucero DE PERE, Wis. (CNS) — Lisa Kristine was 11 when her aunt and uncle gave her an Olympus 35 mm camera. From a converted darkroom in her home in California, she developed black-and-white film and printed images of family and friends. …
Auschwitz sets up tour dates just for World Youth Day pilgrims
IMAGE: CNS/Nancy Wiechec By Nancy Wiechec OSWIECIM, Poland (CNS) — The Auschwitz memorial and museum is setting aside days exclusively for World Youth Day pilgrims who want to tour the former Nazi death camp. The museum has set aside July 20-28 and Aug. 1-3 for participants in World Youth Day, …
Challenging questions can be sign of faith, preacher tells pope
IMAGE: CNS/Cristian Gennari By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — At the end of a Lenten retreat focused on questions in the Gospels, Servite Father Ermes Ronchi told Pope Francis and senior members of the Roman Curia that it is tempting to bristle when the faithful ask challenging questions, but …
Local Sister of Charity celebrates 100th birthday
This week friends and family of Sister of Charity Annina Morgan celebrated a century of blessings. A Sister of Charity of Cincinnati for 82 years, Sister Annina turned 100 years old on March 9. A couple of days before her 100th birthday, Sister Annina reflected on the past 82 years. …
