U.S. Black Catholics express joy at elevation of first African American cardinal To Father Robert Boxie III, the Catholic chaplain at Howard University in Washington, the naming of Washington's archbishop "as a cardinal is huge, it's historic."
Vatican At Mass with new cardinals, pope warns against worldliness Concelebrating Mass with newly created cardinals, Pope Francis said Advent is a time to be vigilant, hopeful and helpful.
Chicagoland St. Bede School receives donation of office, school supplies Students and teachers at St. Bede the Venerable School have some extra gifts to be thankful for this year. The school, 4440 W. 83rd St., got two vanloads of school supplies, playground and gym equipment and other goods from Enchanted Backpack Nov. 12.
Chicagoland Notre Dame College Prep students make ‘blessing bags’ for homeless Notre Dame College Prep students and their families took advantage of unseasonably mild weather Nov. 7 to gather outside and pack blessing bags to give to Catholic Charities for distribution to homeless people.
U.S. Extension’s ‘Advent Alms’ program aims to help poor U.S. Catholic communities To support poor faith communities hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, Catholic Extension is launching "Advent Alms for America," a program that aims to match poor parishes in one part of the U.S. with parishes that have more resources in another part of the country.
Vatican Memory, not nostalgia, helps Christians work for God’s kingdom, pope says For Christians, memory involves remembering God’s promises for the future; it’s not about “nostalgia, which is a real spiritual pathology,” Pope Francis said.
Photo Gallery Remembering the OLA fire Father Gary Graf, pastor of San José Sánchez del Río Parish and chaplain for the Chicago Fire Department, celebrated a Mass in memory of the Our Lady of the Angels School fire at Holy Family Church, 1080 W. Roosevelt Road, on Nov. 29, 2020. The fire occurred on Dec. 1, 1958, and killed 92 students and three teaching nuns. The fire also resulted in sweeping changes to fire safety in schools across the country.
U.S. Prepare the (digital) way of the Lord during the rest of Advent season As we approach the halfway point of Advent, we are likely busy with our preparations for a Christmas that will look different this year.
Chicagoland Parishes take Advent activities online during the pandemic When Mary Jane Sullivan began the process of assembling her Advent wreath Nov. 29, she went step by step, showing what she was doing to the roughly 80 families that were following along.
Chicagoland Three new auxiliary bishops ordained for archdiocese On the Nov. 13 feast day of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, Cardinal Cupich ordained three new auxiliary bishops for the Archdiocese of Chicago — Bishops Kevin Birmingham, Jeffrey Grob and Robert Lombardo, CFR — during Mass at Holy Name Cathedral.
U.S. Seeking the face of God? Look around you How many of you, when asked, “How are you doing?”, have replied, “I’m just waiting for this year to end”?