By John Stegeman The Catholic Telegraph Last year the Franciscan Friars of the St. John the Baptist province took up a prime retail spot in a major area mall during the Christmas shopping season and didn’t sell one thing. This year, the Friars’ popular “ministry of presence” will return, bringing …

Staff Report The new liturgical year has already begun and the new calendar year is just around the corner. With that in mind The Catholic Telegraph invites readers once again to rank the Top 10 Stories of 2014. With the help of website analytics and staff consultation, The Catholic Telegraph was able …

By Tom Tracy Catholic News Service  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CNS) — After watching firsthand as Pope Francis bowed his head for a blessing from Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew during the pope’s Nov. 28-30 trip to Turkey, an American-born Orthodox priest felt a joyful disbelief. “I couldn’t sleep that night,” said …

Staff Report Below are news items from around the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. Mercy students collect canned goods with papal flair Mother of Mercy High School was one of many to collect food for the needy prior to thanksgiving, but the Bobcats did it with a unique approach. Two weeks before …

By Catholic News Service  CHICAGO — Less than a week after he was installed in his new position, Chicago Archbishop Blase J. Cupich had a brief private meeting with President Barack Obama when the president visited the city to promote his executive actions on immigration. 

By Steve Trosley The Catholic Telegraph The Archdiocese of Cincinnati has posted a job opening for an archivist as preparations are underway to move the records and museum-quality artifacts to their new home at 25 East 8th Street, adjacent to St. Louis Church. The former home to the archdiocese’s broadcast …

By Greg Hartman The Catholic Telegraph This time of year offers many chances to grow in faith. Here are suggested Family Life activities for December and the surrounding time.

By Steve Trosley The Catholic Telegraph Archdiocesan Pastoral Council members participated in a wide-ranging discussion on the teacher-minister contract at its quarterly meeting Nov. 15 on the University of Dayton Riverside campus.

Staff Report The 27th national collection for the Retirement Fund for Religious will be held December 13-14 in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. The annual, parish-based appeal is coordinated by the National Religious Retirement Office (NRRO) in Washington and benefits more than 35,000 senior Catholic sisters, brothers and religious order priests.

Staff Report Thanksgiving Day was instituted by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863 to praise God for the blessings he has granted to our nation. While the holiday’s origins aren’t Catholic, the very act of the Mass itself is in part an offering of thanksgiving to God. In 1968 the U.S. …