By the Catholic News Service And Catholic Telegraph Staff   During their annual fall general assembly in Baltimore Nov. 12-15, the U.S. bishops voted down a document on the troubled U.S. economy, passed documents on penance and better preaching, approved a reorganization of their Communications Department and endorsed the sainthood …

DAYTON — Last year¹s Evening of Song and Celebration is back by popular demand, this time in partnership with Carillon Park, and bigger and better than ever! 

My Dear Friends in Christ,   One of the most contentious and divisive elections in recent memory is now behind us. And, like many communities around our nation, our Catholic parishes at times succumbed to its negative effects.  Now, we and all people of good will must forge ahead.  Before …

VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI congratulated U.S. President Barack Obama on his re-election, saying that he prayed the ideals of freedom and justice that guided America’s founders might continue to flourish.

November 2, 2012 By Eileen Connelly, OSU Franciscan Fathers Cyprian Berens, 88, and Valens Waldschmidt, 92, may be officially retired from active ministry, but the friars of the Cincinnati-based St. John the Baptist Province are still finding ways to share the spirit of St. Francis and reach out to other …

November 1, 2012 By Jeanne Hunt It’s Nov. 2 and I have eaten the last of the Milk Duds, Candy Corn, Hershey bars and Mary Jane candy. Sister Mary Walburga has just blown the whistle for fifth grade recess. The fifth grade girls are on a mission: Sister told us …

November 1, 2012 By Steve Trosley Does walking in the footsteps of Mother Theresa help prepare one for the rigors of pastoral life?  

November 1, 2012 By Michael Daley Though some may see this as a pathetic attempt to ingratiate myself to my editor, I’m actually serious. The Catholic press helps keep me Catholic. Perhaps even more importantly, I have it to thank for my wife June.   Back in the summer of …

November 1, 2012 By Fr. Kyle Schnippel Why does the church exist? Such a simple question, but such a variety of possibilities for answer. While it is true the church exists to perpetuate the sacraments, to continue Christ’s mission on Earth, to educate the youth; all seem to be possible …

November 1, 2012 By Steve Trosley Anyone who has played baseball or softball can tell you what it feels when he or she hits a ball squarely with the bat. It has its own feeling and sound. You instinctively know you did something right.