Procession Brings Family of Parishes Together
by Lisa Fletcher Westside Catholic Family of Parishes, which includes St. Teresa of Avila, St. William, St. Lawrence and Resurrection of Our Lord churches in Cincinnati, is eagerly preparing for their 25th anniversary celebration of the Feast of the Corpus Christi. With music, singing, prayer and community spirit, this annual …
Book Review: 100 Great Catholic Poems
Award-winning poet and Catholic convert Sally Read has crafted a lively new Catholic poetry anthology. It is no coincidence that nearly a third of the poets included in this volume were converts. As Read writes in her introduction: I knew the Church’s rightness as I witnessed its liturgy and prayer. …
Chiefs’ Harrison Butker chides Catholic leaders in Benedictine College commencement address
By Matt McDonald CNA Staff, May 14, 2024 / 11:38 am Kansas City Chiefs’ placekicker Harrison Butker offered some pointed criticism of Catholic bishops and priests along with advice to college graduates in his commencement address at Benedictine College on Saturday. Catholic bishops should be more like St. Damien of Molokai …
Meet Anthony Sanitato
Tell us a little bit about you personally: Where are you from, your home parish, what’s your family like, etc. I am a Cincinnatian at heart, born and raised in Anderson Township. I was baptized at Immaculate Heart of Mary parish and grew up as a parishioner at St. Rose of …
How to obtain a plenary indulgence during the 2025 Jubilee
By Courtney Mares Rome Newsroom, May 13, 2024 / 14:43 pm The Vatican issued a decree on Monday outlining the many ways that Catholics can obtain a plenary indulgence during the 2025 Jubilee Year. The decree signed on May 13 by Cardinal Angelo De Donatis, the new head of the Apostolic Penitentiary, …
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. retracts ‘full-term abortion’ support, backs viability limit
By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 13, 2024 / 15:31 pm Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is walking back his recent statement of support for “full-term abortion” on demand and conceding to some restrictions on abortion once a fetus reaches viability, which occurs around 23 to 24 weeks of pregnancy. …
Louisiana parishioners stop teen armed with rifle from entering first Communion Mass
by CNA Staff CNA Newsroom, May 12, 2024 / 13:10 pm Quick action by alert parishioners and local police are credited with averting a tragedy at St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church in Abbeville, Louisiana, yesterday. As 60 children were preparing for their first Communion, the parish located south of Lafayette, …
LEGO announces Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral set
By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, May 11, 2024 / 07:00 am In 2019 the world mourned the damage done to the medieval Catholic Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris by a fire that devastated the 315-foot-tall spire and roof of the 861-year-old monument. A restoration is in progress, though it has been …
May 13: Our Lady of Fatima
May 13 is the anniversary of the apparition of Our Lady to three shepherd children in the small village of Fatima in Portugal in 1917. She appeared six times to Lucia, 9, and her cousins Francisco, 8, and his sister Jacinta, 6, between May 13, 1917 and October 13, 1917. …
