U.S. Bishops ask for peace after white nationalist rally turns deadly The bishop from the Catholic Diocese of Richmond, Virginia called for peace following violence in Charlottesville late on Aug. 11 and subsequent events at the University of Virginia that left at least one person dead after a car plowed into a crowd on the afternoon of Aug. 12 during a white nationalist rally.
Chicagoland A home for students who are homeless Tierra Jackson reads a prayer blessing the entryway of Phoenix Hall on July 27. Phoenix Hall is a residence for eight students at North Lawndale College Prep who are homeless.
U.S. Archdiocese to hold collection for national shrine Aug. 27 Cardinal Cupich has requested that all archdiocesan parishes hold a second collection on Aug. 27 to help complete the work at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C.
Chicagoland Young people ‘camp out’ to spread peace For 12 hours Aug. 4 and 5, St. Michael the Archangel Parish at Damen Avenue and 48th Street was the place to be for neighborhood residents who wanted to play basketball, watch their kids get their faces painted or jump in a bouncy house or sit down and share burgers and tacos with their neighbors.
Chicagoland Schools to tackle hunger in Soup-er Stadium Challenge Soldier Field seats 61,500. In a new effort this fall to combat hunger in the Chicago area, students and staff in the archdiocese’s Catholic elementary and high schools are being asked, through the Soup-er Stadium Challenge, to donate enough food to fill each seat twice.
U.S. Experts say law-abiding migrants at greater deportation risk under Trump On Aug. 2, two young popular soccer players, brothers living in Bethesda, Maryland, were deported to their native El Salvador. In mid-July, Jesus Lara Lopez, a 37-year-old father of four in Cleveland, was deported to Mexico.
Chicagoland Loyola institute integrates spirituality, science of water Ana Almazon knows that theology and science aren’t necessarily everybody’s favorite subjects in school. But Almazon, a senior at Cristo Rey St. Martin College Prep in Waukegan, said she thinks her friends should definitely give them a chance.
Chicagoland Art Institute exhibit illustrates Gauguin’s eclectic spirituality When Paul Gauguin arrived in Tahiti in 1981 sporting long hair and a wide-brimmed hat, the French, post-impressionist painter expected a culture that the West had largely left untainted. But the locals he met, who called him “taata vahine” (man-woman), weren’t noble savages.
Vatican Vacation time should be prayer time, Pope Francis tells crowd Aug. 6 Vacation time should be prayer time, Pope Francis tells crowd Aug. 6
International Salvadorans to walk 90-plus miles to mark centennial of Romero's birth Salvadorans plan to walk more than 90 miles in three days to mark the centennial of Blessed Oscar Romero's birth.
Vatican Summer has Francis focusing on conflict in Latin America Like the rest of southern Europe, Rome is undergoing an intense heatwave with temperatures rising to a baking 104 degrees driving most city residents to the beach or north to cooler climes. Not Pope Francis.