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Archdiocese releases cathedral schedule for Holy Week 2016
Press Release Archdiocese of Cincinnati The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati will join Christians throughout the world this week in celebrating Holy Week, the most sacred time of the Church year, which began with Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion on March 20. For Holy Week Celebrations throughout the Archdiocese …
Sin makes us blind, but confession heals, pope says
IMAGE: CNS photo/Max Rossi, Reuters By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Exercise a little courage and go to confession, turn away from selfishness and sin and back to God during the Year of Mercy, Pope Francis urged people at a Lenten penance service. “When our desire to be healed …
Why aren’t more millennials in the pews? Let’s ask them
When you ask why millennials aren’t attending church on a regular basis, you get a variety of answers. Because of the music, or the sermons, or because we have the attention span of a gnat, some say. Because an hour for God is just too much, after all we’ve gotta …
Priest’s mission starts with getting people to the dinner table
IMAGE: CNS photo/Chaz Muth By Carol Zimmermann BALTIMORE (CNS) — For Father Leo Patalinghug, faith and food go hand in hand, or in cooking terms, they blend; there is no trick to folding one into the other. “The idea of food in faith is implicit in our Scriptures.It’s implicit in …
The deeper his faith, the better public servant Scalia was, says son
IMAGE: CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn By Mark Zimmermann WASHINGTON (CNS) — Just as many pilgrims are passing through the Holy Door at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in this Year of Mercy, the casket bearing the body of the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia entered …
Full text of Pope Francis’ in-flight interview from Mexico to Rome
Vatican City — In his hour-long inflight news conference on his way from Juarez to Rome, Pope Francis touched on a wide range of hot-button topics, including immigration, pedophilia, the spread of the Zika virus and his meeting with Patriarch Kirill. In the 60 minute interview, the Pope answered 12 questions posed …
Number joining the church at Easter increases for first time since 2013
This year 880 adults and children will enter the Roman Catholic Church in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, beginning Sunday Feb. 14 with the Rite of Election and the Call to Continuing Conversion. For the first time since 2013, the number of those preparing to enter the church at Easter is …
St. Cecilia School in Oakley sees 22 students baptized
A few years ago, according to St. Cecilia Principal Mike Goedde, the Catholic population of his school was roughly 30 percent. That percentage is now 51 percent Catholic. While growing enrollment and changing demographics have played a role, the school and parish have made an intentional effort to be more …
Pro-life pilgrims stuck on highway in snow find fellowship, blessings
By Jessica Trygstad ST. PAUL, Minn. (CNS) — Catholic youths from the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis were among those stuck on the Pennsylvania Turnpike overnight on the way home from the annual March for Life in Washington. And they had stories to tell that include attending an impromptu …
Schedule of Roe vs. Wade memorial events around archdiocese released
The following information, released by Right to Life of Greater Cincinnati, are known area events commemorating the Jan. 22 1973 Roe v. Wade U.S. Supreme Decision, which legalized abortion on-demand–the 43rd year of this tragic memorial. (Any later additional events will be posted on the Cincinnati Right to Life Area Events page). “Since 1973, over …
