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Matthew Kelly brought a packed house to St. Mary Church in Hyde Park Sept. 21. (Courtesy Photos/Dynamic Catholic Institute & St. Mary Hyde Park)
By Patricia McGeever For The Catholic Telegraph  Hundreds of people packed St. Mary Church in Hyde Park Sept. 21 to hear a message that will inspired and challenged them to be better people and better Catholics.

By John Stegeman The Catholic Telegraph  The Archdiocesan Pastoral Council, a 40-plus member advisory board to the archbishop, picked up eight new members on Saturday, Sept. 7. Members of the board are recommended by the heads of the archdiocese’s various deaneries and are appointed by the archbishop to three year …

From the Athenaeum of Ohio Father Earl Fernandes, dean of the Athenaeum and Mount St. Mary’s Seminary of the West and author of The Catholic Telegraph‘s “A Question of Faith” column, has written a new book — Seminary Formation and Homosexuality – published by the Institute for Priestly Formation (IPF). The book …

By Catholic News Service & CT Staff WASHINGTON — The Little Sisters of the Poor and a Catholic college are the latest Catholic entities to file a lawsuit against the Department of Health and Human Services over its mandate that most religious employers’ health insurance plans cover contraceptives, sterilization and some abortion-inducing …

Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke said in a July interview with The Wanderer that House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi should be denied communion. (CNS Photos)
Staff Report A top American cleric in Rome, Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke, prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, said in an interview with The Catholic Servant in mid-July that House of Representatives Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) should not receive communion because of her continued anti-life political views.

By Lise Alves Catholic News Service SAO PAULO — Brazilian rancher Vitalmiro Bastos de Moura again has been found guilty of masterminding the 2005 assassination of U.S.-born Sister Dorothy Stang. A judge sentenced Moura to 30 years in prison after he was declared guilty just before midnight Sept. 19, the court …

Press Release Badin High School athletic teams will host two important cancer benefit events this week. On Monday, Sept. 23, the girls’ soccer team will play its annual Kick for a Cause game at Virgil Schwarm Stadium, hosting Mother of Mercy in a 7:15 p.m. varsity kickoff. On Tuesday, Sept. …

Staff Report Special sections on Respecting Life, Missions and high school open houses, in addition to the usual lineup of outstanding features, news and commentary, add up to a 56-page October edition of The Catholic Telegraph. The high page count marks the largest edition of the newspaper since The Catholic …

By Francis X. Rocca Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — In his strongest public words to date on the subject of abortion, Pope Francis affirmed the sacredness of unborn human life and linked its defense to the pursuit of social justice.

Press Release Reverend William M. Kennedy, retired educator and pastor, died Thursday, September 19, 2013. Fr. Kennedy was born on July 4, 1940 in Dayton, Ohio. He did his preparatory studies at St. Gregory Seminary in Mt. Washington and studied theology at Mount St. Mary’s Seminary of the West, then …