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Bishops say U.S. must address needs of immigrants, show compassion

WASHINGTON (CNS) - While one Catholic archbishop was urging a fix to the country's immigration laws before a Catholic crowd, another was pleading with the government not to separate mothers from their children while in immigration detention, and yet another, a cardinal, was accompanying a grandfather to an appointment that could have resulted in hi...

Priests and marriage: Pope's response not so new after all

VATICAN CITY (CNS) - While Pope Francis' recent comments on the subject of married priests made headlines around the world, his response falls clearly in line with the thinking of his predecessors. In an interview with German newspaper Die Zeit, published in early March, Pope Francis was asked if allowing candidates for the priesthood to fall in l...

Cleveland Central Catholic senior wins Youth of the Year Award.

Cleveland Central Catholic senior Miryne Thomas is the recipient of the Youth of the Year Award given by the Boys and Girls Club of Cleveland at a special, ?Breakfast of Champions? ceremony held the morning of March 10. Thomas is a student leader, member of the boys' basketball team and an honor student. He has been a member of the King-Kennedy Bo...

Celebrating faith, family and pride

United Irish Societies organize Cleveland?s 175th annual St. Patrick?s Day Parade Back in 1842, five years before the Diocese of Cleveland was established, Father Peter McLaughlin organized the earliest-known St. Patrick?s Day Parade in the city. Father McLaughlin, a proponent of temperance (abstaining from alcohol), was Cleveland?s third resident ...

U.S. bishops chairman on migration says new executive order still leaves many innocent lives at risk

WASHINGTON - The Most Reverend Joe S. V

Video: An 'Evening of Confession' at all Catholic parishes from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, March 15

Catholics in the Diocese of Cleveland are invited to experience God?s love and forgiveness at the annual Evening of Confession, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, March 15, at all Catholic churches in the eight-county diocese. Here?s a special invitation from Bishop Daniel Thomas:   https://vimeo.com/203307744 Are you thinking of returning to ...

Blessed baking: Prayers rise along with Maire’s bread

Every time Maire Kilbane Leffel bakes a loaf of bread, she marks it with a cross and offers a prayer before putting it in the oven. ?I usually say the intention of the day,? Maire said, adding that she often dedicates the prayer in memory of her mother. As one of eight children born to Irish immigrant parents Mary and Farrell Kilbane, Maire began...