U.S. Bishops overwhelmingly approve pastoral letter against racism The U.S. bishops overwhelmingly approved a pastoral letter against racism Nov. 14 during their fall general meeting at Baltimore.
Chicagoland 175th anniversary: National ministries with roots in the archdiocese Over its 175-year history, the Archdiocese of Chicago has seen ministries start here and spread nationwide. Here are a few from recent memory.
U.S. 90-year-old Rosary maker grows own beads; says 'too few people pray in world' For most of his life, August Bueltel of Savage rarely held a rosary. Now, he grows them. In the backyard of his modest home, the 90-year-old waters and nurtures waist-high plants known as "Job's Tears."
Chicagoland 175th anniversary: 1979 visit by John Paul II key part of Chicago history When Pope John Paul II visited Chicago Oct. 4-6 in 1979, he did not come as a stranger. He had come to this most Polish of American cities twice as Archbishop of Krakow — once on his own, as part of a tour of the United States in 1969, and once only three years earlier as part of a delegation of Polish bishops.
Chicagoland Little Village parishioners pray for victims of violence Parishioners from Assumption, Epiphany, Good Shepherd, Our Lady of Tepeyac and St. Roman parishes in Little Village gathered for Mass and a street procession on Nov. 3, 2018, in remembrance of youth lost to gang violence this year. The event was sponsored by Padres Angeles and Imago Dei, two organizations offering support and accompaniment to families in the Little Village community.
U.S. Archbishop Gomez: 'Pray hard' for all affected by Calif. shooting Los Angeles Archbishop Jose H. Gomez urged those attending a prayer vigil Nov. 8 to honor the memory of the victims killed in a shooting spree the evening before "by living our lives with greater intensity and purpose and with greater love for one another."
U.S. Archival find at Catholic University leads to Kristallnacht remembrance Jews worldwide will remember the 80th anniversary of Kristallnacht. In a direct German translation, it means "Crystal Night," but it is more commonly thought of as "Night of Broken Glass," as Nazis and their sympathizers rampaged through Nazi Germany — which by this time had absorbed Austria and the Sudetenland — the night of Nov. 9-10, 1938.
Chicagoland Racism pastoral letter aimed to help eliminate sin of hate In 2001, on the 33rd anniversary of the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Cardinal Francis George released a pastoral letter exhorting the faithful in the Archdiocese of Chicago to work to eliminate the sin of racism.
Chicagoland The new millennium marked by large traveling Mary Perhaps one of the most loved icons of the Archdiocese of Chicago’s jubilee celebrations was Our Lady of the New Millennium, a 34-foot, 8,400-pound stainless steel statue of the Virgin Mary.
Vatican Pope: Christians can’t pick and choose which neighbor to love The commandment to love one’s neighbor does not mean Christians get to choose who gets help and who doesn’t, Pope Francis said. “It is not about pre-selecting my neighbor,” he said. “This isn’t Christian, it is pagan.”
Chicagoland Religious leaders call for unity following Pittsburgh synagogue shooting Cardinal Cupich joined Jewish leaders and representatives of the Protestant tradition and of Islam in condemning the anti-Semitism that led to the killing of 11 worshippers at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood on Oct. 27. The Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago hosted the event.