The first Catholic Bishop, John Carroll of Baltimore, appointed Father Edward Fenwick, a Dominican priest born in Charles County, Maryland, to become the first Bishop of Cincinnati in 1821. Father Fenwick was put in charge of the nation’s eighth Catholic diocese to better serve the growing pop...
Both churches have always had an ecumenical outlook — we sought out other like-minded churches in our neighborhod to combine outreach ministries, so I’ve never known much harsh sectarianism in my life. When my father had his church in South Phoenix, I spent as much time in a black Bapti...