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On the sidelines of a study day at the Vatican Apostolic Library Cardinal Pietro Parolin responds to journalists’ questions. He expresses his hope that in the Holy Land, Holy Week celebrations can at least be celebrated inside sacred sites. Vatican News “Put an end to this foolishness that is war.” …

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by John Stegeman Based on the Combined Rite of Election and Calling to Continuing Conversion this year, 1,096 people intend to proceed to the Sacraments of Initiation. It will mark the highest number of people joining the local Church in more than 15 years. Of the total, 556 are catechumens …

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Catholic At Home | Katie Sciba “Like living stones, let yourselves be built into a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ” (1 Pt 2:5).  The year 2024 was a banner one for me. The night before Andrew and my …

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GameDay Mass Times Welcome Cincinnati Reds and Boston Red Sox!!! This weekend The Reds host the Red Sox on Sunday, March 29. First pitch on Sunday is at 1:40 p.m. Below are Mass times downtown to enhance your Palm Sunday and a chance to visit our beautiful downtown churches in the Archdiocese …

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By Eileen Connelly, OSU Bradley Barnes recalls the youth ministers who inspired him when he was a child and in his teenage years. Now he hopes to do the same for the young people at Guardian Angels Parish in Mt. Washington, where he has served as coordinator of youth ministry …

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By Tessa Gervasini Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 25, 2025 / 07:00 am Father Burke Masters’ first dream was to be a major league baseball player, but after feeling a call from God to the priesthood he now uses the sport “to speak about Jesus and the Church.” “I played college baseball …

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By Walt Schaefer Missionaries, the Cincinnati Reds, the Venezuelan Air Force. A number of improbable things came together in 1990 to create Davey Concepción Field in Barquisimeto, Venezuela. • Cincinnatian Mike Gable, his wife, Kathy, and their four young sons had been assigned to serve as lay Maryknoll missioners in …

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Shine On | by Dominick Albano It’s February, and for some people, this month symbolizes love. It makes them think of Valentine’s Day or maybe, the coming of Lent… or just taking time away to someplace warmer. For me, when the calendar turns to February, I can only think of …

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The 1988 film Bull Durham opens with a voiceover by a main character, Annie Savoy, rhapsodizing about the beauty of baseball. “I believe in the church of baseball,” Annie begins, followed by a rather dubious inventory of gurus and other religions she has tried to follow. After a brief soliloquy …