Welcome to Catholic Schools Week 2019
Catholic school students, their teachers, and their communities throughout the 19-county Archdiocese of Cincinnati are celebrating the 45th annual Catholic Schools Week from January 27 through February 2 under the theme “Catholic Schools: Communities of Faith, Knowledge and Service.” More than 1,000 representatives from Greater Cincinnati Catholic schools will participate …
Resource not risk: Pope reflects on using social media for good
IMAGE: CNS photo/Vatican Media By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Social media are anti-social, anti-human and anti-Christian when they are used to increase differences, fuel suspicion, spread lies and vent prejudice, Pope Francis said in his message for World Communications Day. The Catholic Church and all people of goodwill …
Resource not risk: Pope reflects on using social media for good
IMAGE: CNS photo/Vatican Media By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Social media are anti-social, anti-human and anti-Christian when they are used to increase differences, fuel suspicion, spread lies and vent prejudice, Pope Francis said in his message for World Communications Day. The Catholic Church and all people of goodwill …
Vatican summit to create task force to aid bishops in safeguarding
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Since the work of child protection must continue after the February meeting at the Vatican on safeguarding, one organizer said they plan on creating a "task force" with teams on every continent. The task force would be just one of …
Vatican summit to create task force to aid bishops in safeguarding
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Since the work of child protection must continue after the February meeting at the Vatican on safeguarding, one organizer said they plan on creating a "task force" with teams on every continent. The task force would be just one of …
Relic Pilgrimage stops in Cincinnati
All are invited to this special opportunity to venerate the first-class relic of St. Jean Vianney’s incorrupt heart. It will be on display at Old St. Mary’s Church in Over the Rhine on Tuesday, Jan. 29, from 1 P.M. – 6 P.M. A reflection on St. Jean Vianney will be …
Bishops address abuse scandal with U.S. pilgrims at World Youth Day
IMAGE: CNS photo/Chaz Muth By Rhina Guidos PANAMA CITY (CNS) — As Pope Francis was arriving in Panama Jan. 23, bishops from the United States wasted no time addressing the sex abuse scandal back home during a popular event aimed at American and other English-speaking World Youth Day pilgrims. "It’s …
Marginalized take center stage at World Youth Day 2019
IMAGE: CNS photo/Chaz Muth By Rhina Guidos PANAMA CITY (CNS) — One thing is clear about World Youth Day 2019: This one is not focused on convening great masses of people, or the most influential or the loudest. Instead of highlighting the problems faced by youth in the world’s richest …
Swiss Guard replaces metal helmets with 3D-printed plastic headgear
IMAGE: CNS photo/Vatican Media By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — While the Swiss Guard’s halberds and uniforms have remained largely unchanged over the centuries, its ceremonial helmets are now a product of 21st-century technology. The four-pound, hand-forged metal helmet has been replaced with new lightweight headgear. Still crafted in …
On flight to Panama, Pope confirms November trip to Japan
IMAGE: CNS photo/Remo Casilli, Reuters By Junno Arocho Esteves ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT TO PANAMA (CNS) — While speaking to a journalist aboard his flight to Panama, Pope Francis confirmed that he will visit Japan this year. Greeting members of the press aboard the flight Jan. 23, the pope was …