Pope will create 14 new cardinals in June
IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis announced he would make 14 new cardinals June 29, giving the red cardinal’s hat to the papal almoner, the Iraq-based patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church and the archbishop of Karachi, Pakistan, among others. Announcing his choices …
More priests ordained to serve the 450,000+ Catholics in the Archdiocese

The Archdiocese of Cincinnati celebrated four men being ordained to the priesthood for service to God and the Church on Saturday May 19th. The ordination Mass was open to the public, and the Cathedral of St. Peter in Chains was packed to capacity. Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr celebrated the Mass. Bishop Joseph …
Pope to canonize Blesseds Paul VI, Oscar Romero in Rome Oct. 14
By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis will declare Blesseds Oscar Romero, Paul VI and four others saints Oct. 14 at the Vatican during the meeting of the world Synod of Bishops, an institution Blessed Paul revived. The date was announced May 19 during an “ordinary public consistory,” …
Update: Texas archdiocese, bishops offer healing, support after shooting
IMAGE: CNS photo/HCSO, handout via Reuters By HOUSTON (CNS) — In response to the May 18 school shooting at a Houston-area high school, Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston said the archdiocesan community would “unite to support and offer healing to those affected.” “As a society, we must strive for …
All of Chile’s bishops offer resignations after meeting pope on abuse
IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Every bishop in Chile offered his resignation to Pope Francis after a three-day meeting at the Vatican to discuss the clerical sexual abuse scandal. “We want to announce that all bishops present in Rome, in writing, have placed …
Graduates head home for ordination

Meet five from Toledo, Louisville, and Fathers of Mercy Five men from outside the archdiocese who have been preparing for the priesthood at Mount St. Mary’s Seminary will be ordained in their dioceses or religious orders this spring. With Cincinnati’s four graduates, they make up the ordination class of 2018. …
Meghan Markle’s Catholic school celebrates royal wedding
IMAGE: REUTERS By Carol Zimmermann WASHINGTON (CNS) — Royal wedding fever has caught on in many places, but it has a particular soft spot at Immaculate Heart Middle School and High School outside Los Angeles, the school Meghan Markle attended from seventh to 12th grade. The school is located more …
Throwback Thursday: A look at Ordination Day in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati 2012-2016

Ordination Day is always a wonderful moment each year in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. Here’s a pictorial video of Ordination Day 2012 – 2016.
All economic activity has moral dimension, doctrinal congregation says
IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Financial and economic decisions — everything from where a family chooses to invest its savings to where a multinational corporation declares its tax residence — are ethical decisions that can be virtuous or sinful, a new Vatican document said. …
College diploma: source of pride and uncertainty for graduating Dreamers
IMAGE: CNS photo/Chaz Muth By Carol Zimmermann WASHINGTON (CNS) — A group of current Washington Trinity University graduates are proud of what they’ve accomplished but also very anxious about the future. These emotions could ring true for almost any graduate, but for this group of 21 graduating Dreamers — among …