Update: Washington’s archbishop plans to get ‘out in field’ to meet people, listen
IMAGE: CNS photo/Jaclyn Lippelmann, Catholic Standard By Julie Asher HYATTSVILLE, Md. (CNS) — Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory will have a lot of things on his plate when he becomes the newest leader of the influential archdiocese situated in the nation’s capital: the sexual abuse roiling the Catholic Church, the tense …
Throwing away food is like throwing away people, pope says
IMAGE: CNS photo/Mohamed Azakir, Reuters By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis condemned food waste, saying throwing away food is like throwing away people. "Waste reveals an indifference toward things and toward those who go without," he said May 18. "To throw food away means to throw people …
Immigration advocates express concerns about Trump immigration plan
IMAGE: CNS photo/Lucy Nicholson, Reuters By WASHINGTON (CNS) — Catholic immigration advocates raised concerns about a proposal from President Donald Trump that would reshape U.S. immigration policy to incorporate a "merit-based" system that prioritizes high-skilled workers over those with family already in the country. Advocates’ concerns about the Trump plan, …
Conservationists at Vatican conference call for protecting biodiversity
IMAGE: REUTERS By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — People’s attitudes toward nature as well as their economic systems and consumption habits need to radically change in order to protect biodiversity on the planet and promote a more sustainable and caring world, said participants at a Vatican-sponsored conference. "We can …
Pope chooses theme for World Meeting of Families 2021
IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy John McElroy, World Meeting of Families By VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Christian family life is a vocation and, when lived with fidelity, it is a path to holiness, said the Vatican Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life. The office May 17 announced the theme Pope Francis …
Photo Essay: Ordination Anniversary Dinner 2019
Celebrating the Class of 1959: 60 years Most Reverend Daniel E. Pilarczyk Reverend Eugene F. Vonderhaar Reverend John E. Wessling Celebrating the Class of 1969: 50 years Reverend George R. Schmitz Reverend James J. Walsh Celebrating the Class of 1979: 40 years Reverend Timothy S. Bunch Reverend Jerome J. Gardner …
Join the Novena and Meet our 9 new Archdiocesan Priest
On May 18, the Archdiocese of Cincinnati will celebrate the historic ordination of nine men to the priesthood! Deacons Alex Biroymumeisho, Mark Bredestege, Zachary Cecil, Christian Cone-Lombarte, Ambrose Dobroszi, Andrew Hess, Elias Mwesigye, Jeffrey Stegbauer, and Jedidiah Tritle have spent many years studying, discerning, and serving in preparation for this …
Shareholders push U.S. telecom firms to tackle online child sexual abuse
IMAGE: CNS photo/Mariana Bazo, Reuters By Dennis Sadowski WASHINGTON (CNS) — Online child sexual abuse is a booming international business and religious congregations holding stocks in major telecom firms are stepping up their advocacy to thwart it. Led by Christian Brothers Investment Services, the effort involves a widening campaign designed …
Today’s Video: Feeling Sorry for Yourself?
What good does feeling sorry for yourself do? Fr. Mike points out a hard truth in saying—while you have the right to grieve when tragic things happen in your life—you never have the right, or permission, to feel sorry for yourself. All it does is shrink the universe down to …
Police conduct search at Dallas diocesan sites for files on alleged abusers
IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob Roller By David Sedeno DALLAS (CNS) — Dallas police executed search warrants at three Diocese of Dallas sites May 15, saying that process was an extension of their ongoing investigation of sexual abuse allegations into six current or former priests, including one accused of sexually abusing three …