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The Catholic Telegraph

Founded in 1831, The Catholic Telegraph is the official news source of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati.

By Mary Rezac CNA/EWTN News Disneyland is supposed to be the Happiest Place on Earth, not the place where you contract a highly contagious, once-eradicated disease. Unfortunately, that is what happened at Disneyland in California, starting back in December. The measles virus, likely carried by a tourist from a foreign …

By Walt Schaefer For The Catholic Telegraph Inner-City Catholic Schools illustrate how education can succeed in some of Cincinnati’s less affluent neighborhoods. In the past six years, each of the eight schools operated by the Catholic Inner-City Education Fund (CISE) have shown a steady increase in enrollment largely attributed to …

Staff Report La Salle High School announced late-Wednesday afternoon that Jim Hilvert, most recently head of the Thomas More College football program, has been selected as the Lancers’ new head coach.

By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service  VATICAN CITY — When their lives are all work and no play, men turn their children into “orphans” who lack a father to guide them, show them love and teach them values, Pope Francis said. “They are orphans in a family because their fathers …

By Matt Hadro CNA/EWTN News Just days before Super Bowl XLIX, the U.S. House of Representatives is pushing for a bipartisan crack-down on the hidden menace of sex trafficking, which some human rights advocates refer to as “modern-day slavery.”

Staff Report Consecrated Religious have been crucial to the life and development of the Church throughout the ages. Recognizing this, Pope Francis has set aside Nov. 30, 2014 through Feb. 2, 2016 as the Year of Consecrated Life.

Staff Report In conjunction with the Year of Consecrated Life,the Franciscan Sisters of the Poor invite Greater Cincinnatians to an Open House on Sunday, Feb. 8, that will offer the opportunity to explore the past, present, and future of consecrated life.

Staff Report The Catholic Youth Sports Organization, Inc., better known as Cincinnati CYO, informed the Archdiocese of Cincinnati Youth Athletics Commission in late December that it would dissolve at the end of the current school year.

By John Stegeman The Catholic Telegraph Even students who enjoy the high school experience typically can’t wait to leave upon graduation. For Meg Eckart, now the director of campus ministry at Bishop Fenwick High School, she felt a call to come back.

By Joanne Fox Catholic News Service  SIOUX CITY, Iowa — Micah Herbst of Sioux City does not have a son on the football team at Bishop Heelan Catholic High School. But her quick eye — that caught a contest through her employer — resulted in the Sioux City school being …