Catholic at Home: The Holy Blaze of Real Romance
It’s almost St. Valentine’s Day. Yes, please. It’s my favorite non-Christmas holiday of the whole year, a spark of warmth in winter’s chill, a day when I’m allowed to unleash the mushy, lovey dovey because I’m a wife who loves romance. But I know plenty of romance-loving spouses who don’t …
AccuracyNow Provides Voice for Others
by Eileen Connelly, OSU At just 16, Manirambona Ernestine left the refugee camp in Tanzania where she had been living with her parents and six siblings, bound for the United States. It was the start of a stable, new life for the family, originally from Burundi. Conditions in the camp …
Busca al Senor por Arzobispo Dennis M. Schnurr
Ocho estudiantes de la Universidad Estatal de Wright entraron a la Iglesia Católica en la Pascua pasada, con la ayuda del Ministerio del Campus. Seis hombres y seis mujeres ministrados por nuestro Ministerio de Prisiones Arquidiocesanas también entraron a la Iglesia Católica la primavera pasada. El 26 de Diciembre, yo …
A Closer Look: An Appeal for the Men of the Mount
Your students give me great hope for the future of the Church within our archdiocese,” a friend recently texted me, referring to the seminarians I teach at Mount St. Mary’s Seminary. She said this in the context of a recent public liturgy that had no official affiliation with the seminary, …
Even before PBS airing, Dorothy Day film tops Amazon documentary chart
IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy Journey Films By Mark Pattison WASHINGTON (CNS) — Dorothy Day, whose life was a series of seeming contradictions, might be bemused at this one: The DVD version of a documentary about her life has, more than a month before the film reaches the PBS airwaves, made it …
Bodybuilding makes priest fit for ministry; gym also place to evangelize
IMAGE: CNS photo/Courtesy Father Rafael Capo By Tim Swift BALTIMORE (CNS) — Catholic priests get asked a lot of questions, but for Father Rafael Capo one question comes up more often than not. "Hey Father, what do you bench?" Cutting an imposing figure, the 51-year-old Father Capo looks more like …
Holy Land Catholic leaders: Trump peace plan needed Palestinian input
IMAGE: CNS photo/Amir Cohen, Reuters By Judith Sudilovsky JERUSALEM (CNS) — Calling U.S. President Donald Trump’s Peace-to-Prosperity plan a "unilateral initiative," church leaders in the Holy Land said it did not give "dignity and rights" to the Palestinians. "This plan will bring no solution but rather will create more tensions …
Beatitudes are a Christian’s ID card, pope says at audience
IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The beatitudes are a path to joy and true happiness mapped out by Jesus for all of humanity, Pope Francis said. "It is difficult not to be touched by these words," the pope said Jan. 29 during his …
KC priest Harkins remembered as a ‘good man and a good priest’
Kansas City, Mo., Jan 28, 2020 / 09:31 pm (CNA).- Catholics in Missouri and across the country remembered Fr. Evan Harkins Tuesday as a good priest, and urged prayer for the repose of his soul. The Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph announced the priest’s death on Jan. 28. Harkins “had …
Maria Stein Shrine hosting Special Couples Event on Valentines Day
MARIA STEIN, Ohio (January 29, 2019) – On Friday, February 14, 2020, the Maria Stein Shrine of the Holy Relics will be hosting “God, Teach Us to Love”. This special St. Valentine’s Day event will include a dinner & presentation by: Fr. Alexander Witt, Parochial Vicar of the Coldwater Cluster …
