News of the Diocese

Video - Bishop Lennon tells inmates - “God is always with you”

Christmas Mass celebrated at the Cuyahoga County Jail Marking the 10th consecutive year, Bishop Richard Lennon celebrated a Eucharistic Liturgy with the more than 40 male and female prisoners at the Cuyahoga County Jail on Wednesday morning, December 16th.

Video - Father Dave shepherds the Christmas church of Akron

[vimeo]https://vimeo.com/147724792[/vimeo]Father David Halaiko says he believes the innkeeper referred to in the Christmas story got a bad rap. ?In those days, the inns were crowded places open to the elements with perhaps something like a tarp to protect people from the weather. There was no privacy, so it would not have been a good place for a w...

Diocese in Compliance with Audit for the Protection of Children

An independent audit created by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is performed each year in every diocese in the country.

Video - Bishop opens the Holy Door at the Cathedral and invites all to experience God's mercy

[vimeo]https://vimeo.com/148790011[/vimeo] All are welcome to come and cross over the threshold of the Holy Door during the Year of Mercy. The Cathedral is located at E. 9th Street and Superior Avenue in downtown Cleveland. All Cathedrals around the world have opened a Holy Door in observance of this ?Year of Mercy? declared by Pope Francis. The ...

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Video - Bishop Lennon to celebrate special Christmas morning "TV Mass" on FOX8

Most Reverend Richard Lennon, Bishop, Diocese of Cleveland will celebrate a special Christmas morning "TV Mass" on Cleveland's WJW-TV8. This prerecorded half-hour Christmas morning "TV Mass" will be broadcast at 6:00 a.m. on Friday, December 25, 2015. For many years the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland and our friends at FOX8 have worked together to...

Pope begins Year of Mercy; Bishop Lennon to open Cathedral Holy Door Sunday, December 13, 10:15 a.m. prior to 10:30 a.m. Mass

Cleveland Bishop Richard Lennon will open the ?Holy Door of Mercy? on Sunday morning, December 13, 10:15 a.m. at Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist The faithful are welcome to come and cross over the threshold of the Holy Door with Bishop Lennon to experience God's mercy.