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Mercy enlightens past year, gives hope for new year, pope says
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The gift of mercy is a light that helps Christians reflect on the past year and radiates hope at the start of the new year, Pope Francis said. While retracing the events of 2015 may recall moments of both …
Clear and colorful: A common property in unscripted papal preaching
IMAGE: CNS By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The god of Mammon, who is “like a wild animal, trying to clutch me with his talons and enslave me,” and people not open to the Holy Spirit, who “are like swamps that give off foul-smelling gases,” are just a few …
Midnight Mass returns to St. Anthony of Padua Church
Midnight Mass at Christmas has made a comeback at St. Anthony of Padua Parish in Walnut Hills, Cincinnati’s only Maronite Church. The Maronite Church is part of the Eastern Church centered in Lebanon and extending into Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Syria and Iraq, said Father George Hajj, pastor at St. Antony …
Archbishop Schnurr opens Holy Door, urges faithful to accept the challenge of mercy
On Sunday, Dec. 13 Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr opened the Holy Door at the Cathedral of St. Peter in Chains, beginning the Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. More then 400 people were present for the 11 a.m. Sunday Mass which began with “Rite of the Opening …
St. Cecilia, Oakley – Journey to Christ Advent Mission 2015
Monday, December 7, 2015, 7-8:30 p.m. Come to St. Cecilia Church to Journey to Christ’s Advent Mission 2015. Tonight is called Arriving at the Manger followed by Eucharistic Exposition, The evening will be shared with Ryan and Catherine Lopez.
Use of pornography called ‘mortal sin’ if done with ‘deliberate consent’
IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob Roller By Mark Pattison WASHINGTON (CNS) — The U.S. bishops approved a statement on pornography on the second day of their Nov. 16-19 fall general meeting in Baltimore. “Producing or using pornography is gravely wrong. It is a mortal sin if it is committed with full knowledge …
Q&A: Do we really need a Year of Mercy?
Dear Father: I hate to sound cynical and tired, but do we really need a Year of Mercy after all the specially designated Years (Jubilee Year, Rosary, Eucharist, St. Paul, Faith, Consecrated Life, etc.) we have had? Dear Reader: Yes. We need such a year. Recently I attended a talk on Luke’s …
U.S. bishops approve statement that calls pornography ‘mortal sin’
IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob Roller By Mark Pattison WASHINGTON (CNS) — The U.S. bishops approved a statement on pornography on the second day of their Nov. 16-19 fall general meeting in Baltimore. “Producing or using pornography is a mortal sin that needs to be confessed in order for the person to …
Bishops, in draft statement, call pornography ‘mortal sin’
IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob Roller By Mark Pattison WASHINGTON (CNS) — A draft statement on pornography to be considered for approval by the U.S. bishops at their Nov. 16-19 fall general meeting in Baltimore calls pornography “mortal sin” and urges Catholics to turn away from it. “Producing or using pornography is …
Throwback Thursday: Youth and the Body of Christ
Staff Report In 1969 the church document Fidei Custos set down the conditions under which a lay person who was also not an acolyte could assist in the distribution of the Eucharist as an Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion. In 1972, the first U.S. teenagers ever granted that extraordinary permission were members …
