Holy Rosary and St. John Catholic Church on the near east side of Columbus is one of 15 Catholic churches slated to close in Central Ohio. The Catholic Diocese of Columbus announced it will close 15 ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Catholic Diocese of Columbus announced that more than a dozen churches in central Ohio will close in the upcoming years. St. Anthony and Ss. Peter & Paul will shut their ...

Here I am, Lord': Next Catholic bishop of Columbus felt call to priesthood early Steubenville is located along the Ohio River, west of Pittsburgh, and the Catholic diocese based there covers a 13 ...

Ohio’s Catholic Diocese of Columbus will close 15 churches as part of a parish reorganization and merger plan, but Bishop Earl Fernandes emphasized new possibilities for growth, especially if ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Catholic Diocese of Columbus will be home to 15 fewer parishes over the upcoming years after a deep-dive look into its 155-year-old organization signaled the need for a ...

Ohio, announced in a message to the diocese on Tuesday that a merger of the local Church with the Diocese of Columbus seems to be the best response to the decline in the area’s population.

Fernandes of Columbus, Ohio, are pictured in a combination photo. They two dioceses have been asked to provide data to Pope Francis regarding a potential merger. (OSV News photo/courtesy Diocese ...

Ohio Avenue in Columbus ... one of 15 parishes being closed by the Columbus diocese. Pat Dougherty, 75, a lifelong Catholic from the Northwest Side, also said on Thursday morning she was upset ...

STEUBENVILLE, Ohio — The proposed merger of the Catholic Diocese of Steubenville with the Diocese of Columbus has brought a lot of questions among the faithful. That includes from clergy in the ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Church bells tolled in mourning ... for the below homily he gave in the very early days… The Catholic Diocese of Columbus and Bishop Earl Fernandes shared a statement on ...

"I'm sad and angry, not only at what was done but how it was done." On June 30, the Diocese of Columbus, Ohio, announced that Fernandes was appointing Fr. Adam Streitenberger, the diocesan ...