Guardian Angels
1890 St. Gregory Seminary established in Mt. Washington for high school and college men, opening in 1891. It moved to downtown Cincinnati in 1904, when Mount St. Mary’s Seminary moved from Price Hill into the building. 1892 Guardian Angels Parish organized at the seminary with 45 families, and a small …
The Vice of Irritation
After recovering from a recent bad bout of COVID, I found myself reflecting on a cultural malaise that seems to have lingered since 2020: irritability. This pandemic hangover has woven itself into the fabric of our half-digital, half-physical society. Now, I was irritable as a child and vividly remember dreaming, …
Home Away from Home
Like many college freshmen, Miami University student Ben Breunig felt he didn’t fit in. Lonely, the Louisville native, raised Catholic, said he was about to leave when, on a whim, he attended Mass at St. Mary Church in Oxford. After that, everything in Breunig’s life changed. “I had never prioritized …
Fire devastates historic church and Franciscan convent in Chile; arson not ruled out
By Walter Sánchez Silva ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 14, 2024 / 18:40 pm A fire on Friday devastated St. Anthony of Padua Church and a Franciscan convent in the city of Iquique, Chile. The prosecutor’s office has not ruled out arson. “We are facing here such a lamentable situation, a tragedy …
Michigan’s Gov. Whitmer apologizes for how Dorito video was ‘construed’
By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Oct 14, 2024 / 14:55 pm After Michigan’s Catholic bishops condemned a video of Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, saying she was “mocking” the Eucharist, Whitmer has apologized for how the video “had been construed.” The viral video shows Whitmer feeding Liz Plank, a Canadian author, journalist, …
Nurturing a Sisterhood of Faith
St. Angela Merici, foundress of the Ursuline Sisters, called upon her followers to “live for God,” a call lived out by the students at Saint Ursula Academy (SUA) in Cincinnati. The school’s all-volunteer Campus Ministry Council assists Campus Minister Andrea Brunsman in guiding the young women to this call when …
What does the Catholic Church teach about lying?
By Daniel Payne CNA Staff, Oct 12, 2024 / 06:00 am As with any U.S. election season, the 2024 presidential election is filled with endless “fact checks” and accusations of falsehoods against various politicians. Separating lies from facts is ultimately up to the voter and lying may seem unimportant these days …
Where Does the Catholic Voter Turn When Neither Major Party Respects Life?
While respect for human life must not be limited to a single issue (about which I say more below), the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) reminds us in “Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship” that abortion is the foremost consideration. Throughout the 2020 presidential election, it was easy for …
Michigan’s Catholic bishops condemn Gov. Whitmer’s chip video as ‘mocking’ faithful
By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Oct 11, 2024 / 19:40 pm Michigan’s Catholic bishops on Friday condemned a video sketch of Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and a journalist for what some have called a “mocking” of the Eucharist. The video, posted on Thursday and which quickly went viral, shows Whitmer feeding …
Pope Francis, Zelenskyy hold fourth meeting since outbreak of Russia-Ukraine war
By Kristina Millare Vatican City, Oct 11, 2024 / 10:25 am Pope Francis met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a private audience at the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace on Friday morning, assuring the political leader of his and the universal Church’s continuous prayers for the people of Ukraine. The pope gifted …
