Chicagoland St. Catherine-St. Lucy school blesses its first playground On Aug. 7, 2019, students, staff and officials welcomed the first playground on the campus of St. Catherine-St. Lucy School in Oak Park. Donations from Big Shoulders and Enchanted Backpacks and other groups enabled the school to build its first playground in its history.
U.S. Faith leaders ask for end to Trump administration rule for asylum-seekers Calling it "a backdoor asylum ban," more than 250 faith leaders and organizations called for an end to the Trump administration's policy to turn away asylum-seekers if they don't first seek protection in countries along their way to the U.S.
Chicagoland Parishes, schools to observe ‘Season of Creation’ Sept. 1-Oct. 4 Parishes and schools across the Archdiocese of Chicago will join with churches around the world in observing the “Season of Creation” from Sept. 1 to Oct. 4.
U.S. Standing up to persecution After Martin Luther King Jr. and a group of peaceful demonstrators were tear-gassed by police in June of 1966 in Canton, Mississippi, the pastor of the local Catholic church, Holy Child Jesus, sheltered the marchers.
Chicagoland Polish Catholics make annual 33-mile pilgrimage in honor of Mary Thousands of Chicago-area pilgrims fill the Our Lady of Czestochowa Shrine at the Salvatorian Fathers Monastery in Merrillville, Indiana, for the closing Mass of their 33-mile pilgrimage Aug. 11, 2019.
Vatican Hospital ship begins serving people along the Amazon Hospital ship begins serving people along the Amazon
Chicagoland Campuses prepare to help freshmen keep the faith in college As college students across the country head off to school, whether for the first time or as returning students, campus ministers say they are ready to welcome them to a new phase of their faith lives.
Vatican Investigation underway into cause for sainthood for martyrs of Burundi The grisly murders of missionary priests and a local priest, a lay volunteer and 40 seminarians in Burundi are the focus of a recently opened investigation into their sainthood cause.
Vatican Popular movements key to social change, pope says Popular movements can spark the change needed to ensure a future that is no longer in the hands of elites and powerful people, but includes the poor who have the inalienable right to a life of dignity, Pope Francis said.
U.S. Those on path to legal immigration who use public funds face a roadblock The Trump administration announced Aug. 12 a plan to deny permanent legal immigration status for those who use public funds such as food stamps or public housing.
U.S. Bishop: Shootings show 'all communities are affected by racism' Three mass shooting incidents in the United States in the span of a week are now showing that "their emotional impact is resonating, understandably, across the nation," said Bishop Shelton J. Fabre of Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana, chairman of the U.S. bishops' Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism.