News Archive - Archdiocese of Cincinnati

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Letter to the Faithful Regarding Beacons of Light – Eucharist Principle

June 9, 2023

Today’s feast marks the beginning of the parish phase and second year of the National Eucharistic Revival. At the same time, we near the end of the first year of Beacons of Light, our archdiocesan planning process. These two initiatives are . . .

Mass of Installation of Most Reverend Robert G. Casey

March 26, 2025

On Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025, it was announced that Most Reverend Robert G. Casey has been appointed the eleventh Bishop and tenth Metropolitan Archbishop of Cincinnati following the acceptance of the retirement of Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr. The Mass of Installation of Most Reverend Robert G. Casey will take place at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Peter in Chains on Thursday, April 3 at 2 p.m.

Pope Francis Appoints Chicago’s Auxiliary Bishop Casey as Archbishop of Cincinnati

February 12, 2025

Pope Francis announced today that he has accepted the resignation of Most Reverend Dennis M. Schnurr from pastoral governance of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati and has appointed Most Reverend Robert G. Casey, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Chicago, as the 11th archbishop of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati.

REVEREND JAMES J. WALSH

February 3, 2025

Reverend James J. Walsh died on Wednesday, January 29, 2025, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was born on December 11, 1941 in Cincinnati, and baptized at St. Bonaventure Parish, South Fairmount. He did his preparatory studies at St. Gregory Seminary, Cincinnati and studied philosophy at Mount St. Mary’s Seminary of the West, Norwood.

SEEK THE LORD – FEBRUARY 2025

February 1, 2025

We live in a culture which increasingly focuses on individuality and the immediacy of the here and now. Rarely do we elevate our gaze to the transcendent. Modern voices proclaim the self-identifying and self-determining individual as important above all else, rather than reserving that distinction for God.

Letter to the Faithful Regarding Beacons of Light – Love in Action Principle

January 22, 2025

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, In his October 2004 apostolic letter Mane Nobiscum Domine, Pope St. John Paul II wrote: “[B]y our mutual love and, in particular, by our concern for those in need we will be recognized as true followers of Christ (cf. Jn. 13:35; Mt. 25:31-46) . . .

SEEK THE LORD – JANUARY 2025

January 1, 2025

Gathered with His disciples around a table the evening before He would lay down His life for our salvation, Jesus said to Thomas, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me” (Jn. 14:6). Each December we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ . . .