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August 2015 luncheon speakers for the First Friday Clubs are announced

The three First Friday Club luncheon speakers series in the Diocese of Cleveland will hold their respective luncheons beginning at noon on Thursday, August 6, and at noon on Friday, August 7, 2015. Reverend Mark A. Latcovich, Ph.D., President/Rector, Saint Mary Seminary and Borromeo Seminary will be the guest speaker at the First Friday Club of Cl...

Priest Removed from Clerical State

At the request of Most Reverend Richard Lennon of the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland, the Holy See has granted the request that Richard Arko be removed from the clerical state. Arko first took a leave of absence from priestly ministry in 2004 following charges of cultivation of marijuana. He was later removed from active ministry in 2004 and then r...

Clergy assignment changes - 15 July 2015

(Please note: Assignment changes were previously published in the Catholic Universe Bulletinnewspaper. The final issue of the Catholic Universe Bulletin was published on Friday, July 3, 2015. Assignment changes will now regularly appear on the Diocese of Cleveland web site.)The Reverend Andrus Antal, Pastor, St. Elizabeth of Hungary Parish, Clev...

2015 National "Natural Family Planning Awareness Week" - July 19-25

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Akron parish to pay tribute to those serving in the nursing profession - August 13, 7 p.m.

For the ninth year, Akron's Saint Paul Catholic Church will celebrate a Mass of Thanksgiving and Blessing for all those serving in the nursing profession on Thursday, August 13, 2015 beginning at 7:00 p.m. The parish will welcome nurses, their families and the entire community to join in a Eucharistic celebration to seek God's blessing on those in...

Bishop Cantu welcomes Iran nuclear deal, urges Congress to endorse result of negotiations

WASHINGTON - The ?momentous agreement? reached between the United States and its partners with Iran over Iran?s nuclear program is a ?significant achievement? that Congress should support, said the bishop who chairs the Committee on International Justice and Peace of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Pope Francis' U.S. Schedule Announced - September 22-27

The Vatican has published the schedule for Pope Francis as he makes his first visit to the United States.