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Week 4 standings and week 5 opponents for Catholic High School football teams
Staff Report While many eyes are on Pope Francis’ visit to the United States, the high school football season rolls along. There are only three undefeated teams left within the archdiocese and two of them (Fenwick and Badin) face off this week. The other undefeated team is LaSalle (4-0) which …
Breaking: Day after papal speech, Boehner resigning from congress
By John Stegeman The Catholic Telegraph Just days after seeing through his vision of having Pope Francis speak to a joint meeting of Congress, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives John Boehner’s office has announced he is stepping down. An aide from Boehner’s office confirmed to The Catholic Telegraph …
Pope Francis draws crowds throughout Archdiocese of Cincinnati [Photos]
By John Stegeman The Catholic Telegraph As this story was typed Thursday afternoon, Pope Francis was more than 430 miles away in Washington, D.C. Despite the distance, thanks to modern technology, more than 600 people throughout the Archdiocese of Cincinnati gathered Thursday morning to watch the Holy Father address Congress. At least one other …
Throwback Thursday: Make a newspaper into a papal miter
Staff Report Today’s Throwback Thursday goes back to 1987 when Pope John Paul II visited the United States. The image at right appeared in the Cincinnati Enquirer on Sept. 16, 1987 by way to the Los Angeles Times as a way for Catholics to participate in a papal visit. The …
Archdiocese Food for All campaign to welcome pope exceeds goal
By John Stegeman The Catholic Telegraph With big goals and a big purpose, the Archdiocese of Cincinnati set out to welcome Pope Francis to the United States by honoring the Holy Father’s commitment to ending hunger. On Tuesday, the archdiocese announced all the goals had been met. The plan was …
Pope Central: Your one stop resource for Pope Francis’ visit to the U.S.
Staff Report Pope Francis is visiting the United States of America for the first time this week. Check back here daily for the latest news. Update: On demand video by thUSCCB can be found HERE. Included below is a central list of all stories related to the papal visit. This page …
Ohioans can take pride in papal visit to Washington
Editor’s Note: The pope’s U.S. visit, his historic speech to Congress and his appearance at the Conference on Families in Philadelphia will be covered Sept. 22-29 by Sister Eileen Connelly OSU, news editor of The Catholic Telegraph, and Menachem Wecker, a Washington-based freelance journalist who reports on religion topics. By …
Archdiocese brings papal visit to Cincinnati’s central gathering place
By John Stegeman Catholic News Service CINCINNATI (CNS) — When Pope Francis becomes the first pope to address a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress Sept. 24, many will be watching on television or online. In downtown Cincinnati, residents, workers and tourists will be able to watch on a 30.5-by-42.5-foot …
Week 3 standings and week 4 opponents for Catholic HS football teams
Staff Report Every game counts in Ohio for teams hoping to make the playoffs, but the real battles begin in conference play. The GCL Co-Ed division starts conference play tonight and four of the league’s undefeated teams will face each other. Here are the standings through week three with week four’s opponents listed. For …
Throwback Thursday: A glance at past papal pilgrimages to the U.S.
Staff Report When Pope Francis lands in America next week, he will be just the fourth pontiff to visit the nation. All eyes of the world will follow Pope Francis from Rome, to Cuba, and finally to the US of A where he has a loaded schedule. With that in mind, …
