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A message from Bishop Malesic callling on the faithful to pray for peace

During his Sunday Angelus address, Pope Leo XIV reminded the world: “Stability and peace are not built with mutual threats, nor with weapons, which sow destruction, pain, and death, but only through a reasonable, authentic, and responsible dialogue.” In light of the expanding military conflict in the Middle East, I invite the faithful ...

Friendly competition to help schools in diocese build awareness of Angel Scholarship Fund

The April 15 deadline to file 2025 state income taxes and to participate in the Angel Scholarship Fund for 2025 is approaching fast. “Angel Mad...

St. Aloysius students ‘adopt’ African Americans on the road to sainthood

Students at St. Aloysius School in Cleveland’s Glenville neighborhood are learning about the lives of the seven Black men and women w...

‘Hope and Healing’ await at annual Evening of Confession on March 4

The faithful throughout the eight-county Diocese of Cleveland are encouraged to take advantage of the annual Evening of Confession on March...

Cathedral hosts holy hour for peace amid ‘climate of fear and polarization’

Bishop Edward Malesic presided at a holy hour for peace on Feb. 25 in the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist. “We come to pray before the pre...

Candidates, catechumens welcomed during annual Rite of Election liturgy

Lent is a time for prayer, penance and almsgiving, but it’s also when the Catholic Church rejoices and welcomes those who will be received into ...

Bishop Woost institutes eight seminarians, one diaconal candidate in ministry of acolyte

Nine men who are discerning their vocations for the priesthood and permanent diaconate took another step in that journey on Feb. 20 when they were ins...