Chaldean Catholics celebrate Mary, culture, family at Ohio national shrine
IMAGE: CNS photo/Katie Rutter By Katie Rutter CAREY, Ohio (CNS) — With its one stoplight and surrounding cornfields, the small Ohio village of Carey seems an unlikely travel destination. Yet, once a year, an estimated 5,000 visitors swell the town population to more than double. For nine days, climaxing on …
Investigation underway into cause for sainthood for martyrs of Burundi
IMAGE: CNS photos/courtesy Xaverian Missionaries By Francis Njuguna NAIROBI, Kenya (CNS) — The grisly murders of missionary priests and a local priest, a lay volunteer and 40 seminarians in Burundi are the focus of a recently opened investigation into their sainthood cause. Catholic bishops in this central African nation June …
Obituary: Sister Mary Milano, SNDdeN
Cincinnati OH – August 16, 2019 – Sister of Notre Dame de Namur Mary Milano (formerly Carmen Therese), died July 21, 2019 in Cincinnati, OH, at the age of 87. A native of Chicago, IL, she recently celebrated her 70th year of religious life. Sister Mary enjoyed teaching. For 21 …
Obituary: Sister Mary Buckley, SNDdeN
Cincinnati OH – August 16, 2019 – Sister of Notre Dame de Namur Mary Buckley (formerly Mary Ellen), died July 17, 2019 in Cincinnati, OH, at the age of 93. A native of Chicago, IL, she was in her 76th year of religious life. Sister Mary taught various Math courses, …
LCWR award recipient embraces ‘holy chaos’ of her ministry to migrants
IMAGE: CNS photo/Global Sisters Report, courtesy of Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley By Soli Salgado and Dan Stockman SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (CNS) — "Holy chaos" is how Sister Norma Pimentel describes her ministry. As the executive director of Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley on the U.S.-Mexico border, …
Voracious goats keep Wisconsin cemetery looking beautiful the natural way
IMAGE: CNS photo/Brad Birkholz, for The Compass By Patricia Kasten APPLETON, Wis. (CNS) — Goats tend to get a bad rap in church traditions — with the devil often portrayed with goat horns and hoofs, and Jesus speaking of separating goats from sheep, as told in Matthew 25, verses 32 …
Christ’s love gives hope to forgotten ones, cardinal says
IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — In a world where many are often marginalized and discriminated against, the message of Jesus’ love must continue to be proclaimed, a Vatican official wrote on behalf of Pope Francis. In a message sent Aug. 16 to the …
Statement on Today’s Nine-count indictment against Fr. Geoff Drew
August 19, 2019; Cincinnati, Ohio Today, the Archdiocese of Cincinnati learned that a Hamilton County Grand Jury returned a nine-count indictment against Fr. Geoff Drew stemming from alleged crimes during his time at St. Jude Parish, where he served as music director 1984-1999. The Archdiocese of Cincinnati was made aware …
Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr Message on Immigration
My Dear Friends in Christ, The Catholic Church globally, including this Archdiocese locally, has consistently and outspokenly urged all nations to protect the lives and dignities of migrants and to establish orderly immigration systems. For too long now, the crisis of migrants having to flee dire poverty and appalling violence …
Sustainable land use urged to ease growing threats to food, water
IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy Franciscan Friars Conventual By Dennis Sadowski WASHINGTON (CNS) — Leading five seminarians on an eight-week summer service program largely through Appalachia and South America, Conventual Franciscan Father Michael Lasky saw a new awareness rising in the young men’s minds. It started by talking with visitors to the …