Pope Francis names new prefect of Vatican Congregation for Clergy
By CNA Staff Vatican City, Jun 11, 2021 / 06:57 am Pope Francis Friday named Bishop Lazarus You Heung-sik as the new prefect of the Vatican Congregation for the Clergy. The 69-year-old bishop is the first Korean to lead a Vatican congregation. He succeeds the Italian Cardinal Beniamino Stella, who …
Fr. Thomas Joseph White named first American rector of Angelicum in Rome
By CNA Staff Rome, Italy, Jun 10, 2021 / 08:51 am The theologian Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P., has been appointed rector of the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome, becoming the first American to hold the position. White, who has taught at the university commonly known as …
The Catholic Telegraph took home NINE Catholic Media Awards this year!
The Catholic Telegraph took home NINE Catholic Media Awards this year! 1st Place: • Column General Commentary: “A Closer Look” by Ken Craycraft 2nd Place: • Communications Director of the Year: Mike Schafer • Best Video Feature: “Priest Ordination” by Margaret Swensen • Best Video The Covid 19 Pandemic: “The …
Biden administration cites ‘duty’ to uphold Title IX exemption for Christian schools
Washington D.C., Jun 9, 2021 / 16:01 pm The Biden administration on Tuesday said it is required by law to uphold a Title IX exemption for religious colleges, in response to a lawsuit filed by students identifying as LGBT. Filing in an Oregon district court, the Justice Department said that …
Pope Francis declines Cardinal Marx’s resignation
By CNA Staff Vatican City, Jun 10, 2021 / 05:40 am Pope Francis declined on Thursday the resignation of Cardinal Reinhard Marx, offered to him last month. In a June 10 letter, the pope asked the influential German cardinal to continue as archbishop of Munich and Freising. Writing in Spanish, …
Major Shrines in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati
by Gail Finke What is a shrine? Associated with popular piety since the earliest days of the Church, shrines are places of pilgrimage and prayer. Pope St. John Paul II once said, “Christian shrines have always been, and continue to be, signs of God, and of His intervention in history. …
Obituary: Reverend William Wysong
Reverend William Henry Wysong passed away on June 7, 2021, in Montgomery, Ohio. He was born on June 19, 1946 in Springfield, Ohio. He did his preparatory studies at St. Gregory Seminary, Cincinnati and studied philosophy and theology at Mount St. Ma1y’s Seminary of the West. He received a Master’s …
Theology can help guide speculation about aliens, professor says
by Christine Rousselle Washington D.C., Jun 8, 2021 / 16:01 pm Fundamental theological principles provide the framework for any doctrinal questions over the discovery of extraterrestrial beings, a theologian claimed in a lecture on June 5. While the Church does not have any specific teachings on extraterrestrial life, theologians can …
Elder High School opened Doors in 1922
Elder High School, the oldest high school in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, has been a mainstay of Price Hill for nearly 100 years. The school, which has more than 22,000 alumni, will celebrate its 100th graduating class in 2022. The high school began when parishioners of St. Lawrence Parish in …
‘Eucharistic consistency’: What the US bishops will discuss at their meeting next week
By Matt Hadro Washington D.C., Jun 7, 2021 / 20:01 pm The U.S. bishops next week will deliberate and vote on whether to draft a teaching document on the Eucharist – despite the recent request of some bishops to delay such a discussion. At the bishops’ virtual spring meeting scheduled …
