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U.S. Bishops Conference calls for renewed peace efforts in Syria

Bishops echo call of Pope Francis to attain peace in Syria ?through dialogue and reconciliation

St. Augustine to feed 14,000 on Easter as needs increase across the region

Meals to be served in Cuyahoga, Lorain, Lake, Summit, and Geauga counties St. Augustine Hunger Center and Parish in Cleveland?s Tremont neighborhood (2486 W. 14th St.) will be providing an Easter meal for its 42nd year with the prospect of feeding 14,000 persons who would otherwise be unable to partake. The hunger center is in need of donations a...

New Holy Family service helps patients receiving curative treatments

Cleveland, OH - Holy Family Home Health Care and Hospice is now offering community-based palliative care to patients facing a chronic illness. Palliative care is a relatively new medical specialty that offers pain and symptom management, education and emotional and spiritual support for those who face a chronic or serious illness. The palliative ca...

President and Vice President of U.S. Bishops Conference Respond to Syrian Chemical Weapons Attack

April 5, 2017

Pope horrified by 'unacceptable massacre' in Syria

VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Pope Francis strongly condemned a shocking chemical attack in Syria that left some 70 people, including at least 10 children, dead. [caption id="attachment_22636" align="alignright" width="250"] Pope Francis embraces a girl during his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican April 5. The pope strongly condemned a ...

Mater Dei Academy awarded STEM School designation by Ohio Department of Education

On March 28, Mater Dei Academy was granted STEM designation by the Ohio Department of Education. The school is only the second Catholic school in Lake County to receive this award. This honor demonstrates that the school has provided evidence of solid and growing STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) experiences across their curri...

Remembering Fr. Gene Wilson, C.PP.S.

Fr. Gene R. Wilson, C.PP.S., 88, died of heart failure at 7:45 a.m. on Thursday, March 30, 2017 at Firelands Regional Medical Center in Sandusky, Ohio. He was born on May 18, 1928, in Charleston, W.Va., to Luther Lee and Hilda (Lawson) Wilson. The family later moved to Cleveland, where he was raised. He entered the Missionaries of the Precious Bl...