Chicagoland Area Catholics move online to share faith, connect during pandemic When public Masses and group meetings were suspended because of the COVID-19 pandemic and Catholic schools closed their doors, parishioners and students were not left totally bereft.
Chicagoland Catholic schools turn to distance learning during COVID-19 crisis More than 76,000 students in Archdiocese of Chicago Catholic schools are doing “school at home,” as the Office of Catholic Schools shuttered school buildings starting March 16 to help stem the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.
Vatican Pope thanks God for world’s priests at Holy Thursday Mass Unable to invite Rome’s priests to mark Holy Thursday in St. Peter’s Basilica, Pope Francis thanked all priests for their service and called those who died ministering to the sick and health care workers part of the community of "saints next door."
Chicagoland Parishes, schools reach out to others during pandemic As Illinois instituted a stay-at-home order for all residents, young people from St. Joseph-St. Francis Xavier Parish in Wilmette were gearing up to reach out.
Chicagoland BVM sister donates blood during COVID-19 as part of 68-year tradition For BVM Sister Marie Greaney, 87, giving blood isn’t a new thing.
Chicagoland Archdiocese announces financial plan responding to COVID-19 crisis Archdiocesan leaders announced a three-pronged plan on April 2 to help carry the Archdiocese of Chicago and its schools through the COVID-19 crisis.
Chicagoland Archdiocesan priests volunteer to anoint COVID-19 patients In an effort to accompany COVID-19 patients during the pandemic, a group of archdiocesan priests has volunteered to offer them the sacrament of anointing of the sick.
Chicagoland Local young adult co-founds top Catholic app, helps with pandemic In 2018, Alessandro DiSanto quit a promising job in finance to join friends in starting an app for Catholics centered around meditation and prayer. That app, Hallow, is now the top Catholic app in app stores, has 150,000 downloads in 50 countries and has been used to pray over 1 million times, according to DiSanto.
International Cardinal Pell released from prison after court overturns his conviction Cardinal George Pell has been released from prison after 405 days behind bars after the seven judges of the High Court of Australia unanimously overturned the original December 2018 jury verdict that found him guilty on five counts of molesting two 13-year-old choirboys in 1996.
Chicagoland Archdiocese announces decree dispensing Catholics from Easter obligations The attached decree was issued by Cardinal Cupich, archbishop of Chicago, to dispense Catholics from Easter obligations due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Chicagoland Archdiocese of Chicago priest Father Michael McGovern named bishop of the Diocese of Belleville, Illinois Pope Francis announced April 3 that he has named Father Michael G. McGovern, a priest of the Archdiocese of Chicago, as bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Belleville, Illinois. Pope Francis also announced that he had accepted the resignation of Bishop Edward K. Braxton, who was installed as the Bishop of Belleville in 2005.