By John Stegeman The Catholic Telegraph With the issuing of two documents Tuesday morning, Pope Francis announced several changes in the church’s procedure for issuing declarations of nullity pertaining to marriages. No official English translation of the motu proprios has been made available at this time, but various Vatican correspondents …

Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) Updated: 10:30 a.m. — While a juridical process is necessary for making accurate judgments, the Catholic Church’s marriage annulment process must be quicker, cheaper and much more of a pastoral ministry, Pope Francis said.

By Eileen Connelly, OSU The Catholic Telegraph It’s been 25 grace filled years since Sisters Doris Gerke, Anna Marie Covely and Dianne Short arrived in Cincinnati with a dream – to establish a Poor Clare community locally, a community centered on the simple, yet deeply meaningful, act of prayer. On …

Editor’s Note: This post contains graphic content. Reader discretion is advised. Catholic News Service LONDON (CNS) — Images of drowned refugees are causing the British people to cry out for a more generous response to the migrant crisis engulfing Europe, said an English cardinal. Speaking to ITV News Sept. 2, …

Staff Report Years ago The Catholic Telegraph published high school football information in the print edition. Beginning in 2014 this site began posting the collected standings and weekly opponents of all of our Catholic high school football teams here each Friday. Here are the standings through week one with week two’s opponents listed. For more information on game …

Staff Report The Archdiocese of Cincinnati sent a letter to local media Wednesday to help clear up confusion in the wake of Pope Francis Sept. 1 letter announcing an expansion of faculties for priests to absolve the sin of abortion. Calling some of the coverage, “misleading and confusing,” the Archdiocese …

Staff Report The generosity of the faithful is constantly on display in this archdiocese. The Catholic Ministries Appeal and the One Faith, One Hope, One Love capital campaign are shining examples of how giving local Catholics can be to the archdiocese, but they’re just as generous to the religious orders …

Staff Report The Archdiocese of Cincinnati announced today that Susie Gibbons will be the Interim Director of Educational Services and Interim Superintendent of Catholic Schools, effective Oct. 1. Gibbons will replace Jim Rigg who announced his resignation late last month. Rigg’s last day is officially Oct. 2. Read More: Jim …

Catholic News Service MCALLEN, Texas — At Sacred Heart Church in McAllen, members of the community, most of them volunteers at a respite center for immigrants at Sacred Heart parish hall, were invited to a special event by ABC News, but were not informed in advance of just how special that event …

By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — In an extraordinary gesture for the Year of Mercy, Pope Francis has extended to priests worldwide the authority to absolve women for the sin of abortion and has decreed the full validity during the year of the sacrament of confession celebrated by …