Baltimore religious leaders seek unity in wake of violence, tension
By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Leaders of faith communities in Baltimore, seeking healing and unity a year after the death of Freddie Gray, carried the pain and the hopes of their faithful to the Vatican, asking Pope Francis to bless their work. When Archbishop William E. Lori of …
Cardinal says he reported complaints, but did not know of sex abuse
By SYDNEY (CNS) — For a third consecutive day, a top Vatican official gave testimony to an Australian commission about what he knew of the church’s reassignment of abusive priests. The focus of Cardinal George Pell’s testimony to Australia’s Royal Commission Into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse March 2 …
March edition features full lineup of stories
The March print edition of The Catholic Telegraph hit mailboxes last week with a full lineup of news, commentary and features. Among the highlights of the issue is the center spread. Two full pages of photos from Catholic Schools Week Masses in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati last month show the vibrant …
Ash Wednesday rally shows support for immigrants
A group of 40 people gathered in front of the John Weld Peck Federal Building in downtown Cincinnati on Ash Wednesday and marched in bitter cold weather to show their support to immigrants in the United States and to call for repentance as individuals and as a country for our …
Why aren’t more millennials in the pews? Let’s ask them
When you ask why millennials aren’t attending church on a regular basis, you get a variety of answers. Because of the music, or the sermons, or because we have the attention span of a gnat, some say. Because an hour for God is just too much, after all we’ve gotta …
Priest’s mission starts with getting people to the dinner table
IMAGE: CNS photo/Chaz Muth By Carol Zimmermann BALTIMORE (CNS) — For Father Leo Patalinghug, faith and food go hand in hand, or in cooking terms, they blend; there is no trick to folding one into the other. “The idea of food in faith is implicit in our Scriptures.It’s implicit in …
SCHEDULE FOR Tuesday, March 1, 2016
IMAGE: CNS photo/Jim West By WASHINGTON (CNS) — A new report on U.S. women religious said that religious life is becoming not only more multiethnic but more international as well. The report, “Understanding U.S. Catholic Sisters Today,” said that of all women who entered religious life in the past 10 …
Eight Installed in Ministry of Reader
Eight candidates took a step toward holy orders as they were installed to the Institution of Reader by the Most Reverend Joseph R. Binzer, Auxiliary Bishop of Cincinnati, during Mass in the Chapel of St. Gregory the Great February 20. A large crowd of parents and guests was present for …
Catholic media outlet offers multimedia guide for pilgrimage
IMAGE: CNS photo/Wu Hong, EPA By Gaby Maniscalco SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (CNS) — Our Lady of the Rosary Cathedral was dark as men and women of different faiths walked down the center aisle of the mission-revival-style church. The names of the 14 victims of the Dec. 2 shooting at the …
A heart that can’t forgive stays shut to God’s mercy, pardon, pope says
IMAGE: CNS photo/Justin Lane, EPA By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — We must always forgive others who have wronged us because that is how our hearts are opened to receive God’s grace, pardon and healing, Pope Francis said at his morning Mass. “If you aren’t able to forgive, how …