Ten seminarians from Mount St. Mary’s Seminary of the West will be ordained to the priesthood this summer, and seven of them will go on to serve the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. A question-and-answer-style interview with each of these young men who have said “yes” to God runs throughout the May …

Members of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati Social Action Office and 15 parish leaders traveled April 20 to Columbus to lobby on behalf of several important issues, including life and care for creation. As part of the Ohio Catholic Conference’s Legislative Advocacy Day, the delegation met with more than 20 legislators and …

In the wake of Amoris Laetitia much discussion has turned to discussion of family life. With that in mind, today’s Throwback Thursday is a prayer/pledge specifically for those called to the vocation of marriage and family life. The “Christian Marriage Pledge” appeared in a 1967 supplement to The Catholic Telegraph-Register …

Roughly 800 priests accepted a mission from the Holy Father in January. They became Missionaries of Mercy during the Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy, which runs through Nov. 20 of this year. On Ash Wednesday (Feb. 10), the majority of those missionaries gathered in Rome before Pope Francis to be …

Badin High School senior Morgan Deitschel is a finalist for the “Straight A” Scholarship, sponsored by the Anthony Munoz Foundation. “I was very surprised by this,” said Deitschel, a Fairfield resident and the daughter of Charles Deitschel and the late Diane Deitschel. “My counselor, Mrs. (Angie) Bucheit, nominated me and …

Interim Superintendent of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati Susan Gibbons announced Friday that La Salle High School Principal Thomas Luebbe would not be offered a contract for next school year. Stacy Papke was named an interim principal on Monday, replacing Luebbe immediately. Seeking to clarify confusion over the news, the La Salle High School Board of …

On Tuesday Mercy Health, a Catholic health ministry serving Ohio and Kentucky hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony marking the grand opening of Mercy Health’s new home office in Bond Hill at 1701 Mercy Health Drive, formerly 1701 Showcase Drive. Local dignitaries and officials, including Archbishop of Cincinnati Dennis M. Schnurr and …

Newspapers, television and radio stations as well as blogs across the web are talking about Amoris Laetitia (The Joy of Love). The latest apostolic exhortation of Pope Francis is his second since becoming pope in 2013, following Evangelli Gaudium (Joy of the Gospel) and encyclicals Lumen Fidei (The Light of Faith) and …

IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The same mercy and patience that are essential for building a strong family must be shown to those whose families are in trouble or have broken up, Pope Francis said in his highly anticipated postsynodal apostolic exhortation. The document, “‘Amoris …

Catholics around the world celebrated Easter March 27, but the Easter season is still ongoing. For this Throwback Thursday, we invite you to re-live Holy Week and Easter at the Cathedral of St. Peter in Chains via the photo gallery below. The photos are of the Holy Thursday liturgy and foot …