Christ and Culture: Super Bowl Rituals, Referees, and the Episcopalian Divorce
Welcome to Christ and Culture, the newest online exclusive column for TheCatholicTelegraph.com. In this monthly piece, Father Thomas Wray will explore connections between Jesus Christ and his people through the lens of pop culture. Father Thomas Wray is a priest of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati and Director of the Office of …
Local educator explores history, sites of Holocaust
In a now-reverent place in Poland, impressions are etched where life’s dreams once ended. While Auschwitz, the most infamous German concentration camp in Poland touched Kristin Rutter on her visit there, it was at Majdanek where her emotions peaked. “You’ve never heard of it, right?” Rutter asked. “There were no …
Pope asks mercy, pardon for ways Christians have harmed one another
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden ROME (CNS) — After walking across the threshold of the Holy Door with an Orthodox metropolitan and an Anglican archbishop, Pope Francis invoked God’s mercy upon divided Christians and apologized for times that Catholics may have hurt members of other denominations. “As bishop of …
March for Life marks 43rd anniversary of Roe decision legalizing abortion
IMAGE: CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz By Kurt Jensen WASHINGTON (CNS) — Catholic admonitions about inclusion mixed with strong political language before the March of Life got underway Jan. 22 in Washington. At a Jesuit-sponsored Mass for life at St. Aloysius Gonzaga Church that morning, Father Paddy Gilger’s homily reminded a …
Archdiocese of Cincinnati to mark Catholic Schools Week Jan. 31 to Feb. 6
Catholic school students, their teachers, and their communities throughout the 19-county Archdiocese of Cincinnati are celebrating the 42nd annual Catholic Schools Week Jan. 31 through Feb. 6 under the theme “Catholic Schools: Communities of Faith, Knowledge and Service.” “As the motto indicates, Catholic schools exist to form students in the …
Papal envoy opens eucharistic congress by declaring war on poverty
IMAGE: EPA By Simone Orendain CEBU, Philippines (CNS) — The 51st International Eucharistic Congress kicked off with Pope Francis’ representative, Cardinal Charles Bo of Yangon, Myanmar, declaring war on poverty. “The Eucharist calls for … a third world war against poverty,” said Cardinal Bo, “a third world war against the …
Nix being ‘normal,’ selfish, slaves of success, pope tells seminarians
By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis told a group of seminarians that seeking a so-called “normal” life in the priesthood would turn them into pastors who were “mediocre or worse.” A priest who is tempted to live the way most people live today “begins to settle for …
Pope plans to visit Sweden to commemorate Reformation anniversary
By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis will visit Sweden in October to participate in an ecumenical service and the beginning of a year of activities to mark the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. Leaders from the Catholic Church and the Lutheran World Federation had already been …
Learning curve: Public schools chart new ground with religious holidays
By Carol Zimmermann WASHINGTON (CNS) — A growing number of U.S. public school districts are combining lessons in world religions with U.S. government and politics as they grapple with closing schools for religious holidays. “The question is not should we do it. We have to do it to live with …
Cardinal Dolan: Newborn in manger a positive sign of a culture of life
IMAGE: CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz By Mark Pattison WASHINGTON (CNS) — A baby in a manger is proof enough for Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York that Americans can express a culture of life. And it wasn’t the Christ child. Instead, it was a newborn infant left by his …