The various phenomena of environmental degradation and natural disasters which, unfortunately, are often reported in the news remind us of the urgent need to respect nature as we should, recovering and appreciating a correct relationship with the environment in everyday life. A new sensitivity to these topics that justly give …

1) Volunteers Provide Dinner Service St. Stephen (Cincinnati) parishioners helped serve over 180 meals while staffing the St. Francis Seraph dinner service in Over-the-Rhine on July 11. Volunteers serve meals at SFS on the second Thursday of each month. Pictured: Ed Worland, Judy Hammer, David Hammer, Rose Bitsoff, Katie Gaunt, …

By María J. Moriarty Seattle, Wash., Sep 24, 2024 / 11:55 am Sixteen laypeople are in training to become mental health instructors for the Catholic community in Phoenix as the diocese there ramps up efforts to equip community members with the skills to recognize and respond to mental health crises. The …

By Diego López Colín Puebla, Mexico, Sep 24, 2024 / 06:00 am The Catholic Church has issued an alert to parents, priests, and catechists to “take all necessary security measures” following recent reports of the disappearance of minors and the confirmed existence of a gang dedicated to child theft. In a …

By Jonah McKeown CNA Staff, Sep 24, 2024 / 15:25 pm Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris this week called for an end to the Senate procedure known as the filibuster, saying the change should be made in order to pass federal legislation protecting access to abortion. In an interview with Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR) that …

Effective July 1, 2024 Reverend Thien Toan Nguyen, CRM, appointed Chaplain/Moderator of the Catholic Vietnamese Community of Dayton and to assist with hospital ministry. Reverend Chau Pham SVD, renewed as Chaplain/Moderator of the Catholic Vietnamese Community of Our Lady of Lavang Parish, Cincinnati. Reverend Miguel Torres, MCCJ, appointed Parochial Vicar …

Reverend James J. Manning died on Sunday, September 22, 2024 in Dayton, Ohio. He was born on February 19, 1948, in Dayton, and baptized at Holy Trinity Church, Dayton. He did his preparatory studies at St. Gregory Seminary and studied Philosophy and Theology at Mount St. Mary Seminary of the …

Note: This article is part of an ongoing series on Pope St. John Paul II’s “Theology of the Body” (TOB). Over the last several months, we have been exploring Pope St. John Paul II’s reflections in TOB on “historical man”—that is, human beings who are fallen, who struggle with sinful …

At the conclusion of a career serving the Church, Francis X. Maier could have written a memoir of his journey from script writer to editor of the National Catholic Register and then to serving Archbishop Charles Chaput in Denver and Philadelphia. Instead, he conducted detailed interviews with bishops, lay faithful, …