Throwback Thursday: A cookoff between Fr. Kyle Schnippel and Fr. Leo Patalinghug
Last year, a sold out crowd gathered to watch a demonstration by Fr. Leo cooking Penne Vodka. After dinner and a night of fellowship, there was and a friendly cookoff between the two priests, which featured ingredients such as turkey, Cincinnati’s Barbeque Grippo Potato Chips, and quail eggs. Check out the …
In their words: March for Life experience of solidarity and hope for students
Thousands from the Archdiocese of Cincinnati attend the annual March for Life each January in Washington, D.C., marking the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision that legalized abortion on demand. Among the participants are area high school students and their chaperones, who make the journey to the nation’s …
Julliard-trained violinist returns to N.J. roots to record first album
IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy Lauren Desberg By Carl Peters CAMDEN, N.J. (CNS) — In recent months, violinist Alana Youssefian has performed at New York City’s Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall at Yale University and venues in Texas, California, Washington and Canada. But she’s coming home to New Jersey — her hometown …
Cardinal Wuerl acknowledges he knew of one accusation against predecessor
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Rhina Guidos WASHINGTON (CNS) — In a second letter issued in mid-January about what he knew and didn’t regarding abuse allegations involving his predecessor, Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl, Washington’s retired archbishop, apologized Jan. 15 for what he called a "lapse of memory," clarifying that he knew …
Pope wants abuse summit to lead to clarity, action
IMAGE: CNS photos/Paul Haring By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — At the upcoming meeting on protecting minors, Pope Francis wants leaders of the world’s bishops’ conferences to clearly understand what must be done to prevent abuse, care for victims and ensure no case is whitewashed or covered up. "The …
Lord’s Prayer is reaching out for father’s loving embrace, pope says
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — To pray well, people need to have the heart of a child — a child who feels safe and loved in a father’s tender embrace, Pope Francis said. If people have become estranged from God, feel lonely, abandoned or have …
Visiting bishops see ‘incomprehensible complexity’ of Holy Land situation
IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy Mazur via catholicnews.org.uk By Judith Sudilovsky JERUSALEM (CNS) — Visiting with Christian communities in northern Israel and the northern Palestinian Territories has helped bishops participating in the annual Holy Land Coordination see "the great need" to promote an understanding between Israelis and Palestinians, said Bishop Noel Treanor …
Bishops Express Dismay at Court Ruling Enjoining Moral and Religious Exemption to HHS Mandate
WASHINGTON–In response to Monday’s federal court ruling from Pennsylvania granting a nationwide injunction barring the broadened moral and religious exemption to the HHS mandate, Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City in Kansas, Chairman …
Update: Parish of teen who escaped abduction credits power of prayer
IMAGE: CNS photo/FBI handout via Reuters By Carol Zimmermann WASHINGTON (CNS) — For nearly three months, parishioners at St. Peter Catholic Church in Cameron, Wisconsin, were praying for the safe return of one of their own — 13-year-old Jayme Closs. When parishioners heard the news that she had escaped her …
Foster dialogue, promote solidarity, pope tells Academy for Life
IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Marking the Pontifical Academy for Life’s 25th anniversary, Pope Francis encouraged the research and advisory body to promote human solidarity and fraternity as part of its mandate to promote human life. A sense of fraternity between people and nations …