Photo Gallery Holy Hour for National Eucharistic Revival Auxiliary Bishop Robert Lombardo led a Holy Hour for the National Eucharistic Revival at St. Mary of the Angels Church, 1850 N. Hermitage Ave., on March 7, 2023. Holy hours for the revival were scheduled for each of the Archdiocese of Chicago's six vicariates between March 5 and 22. The March 7 service was for Vicariate III. The National Eucharistic Revival began on the solemnity of Corpus Christi June 19, 2022. The revival is a three-year initiative sponsored by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops to form, heal, convert and unite the People of God through a renewed encounter with Jesus in the Eucharist. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Chicagoland Area schools join in prayers for Pope Francis Catholics across the Archdiocese of Chicago joined a worldwide effort March 13 to pray the Hail Mary for Pope Francis on the 10th anniversary of his election as pontiff.
Photo Gallery Students honor slain police officer Students from St. John Fisher School, 10200 S. Washtenaw Ave., lined 103rd Street in front of the parish church March 9, 2023, to honor slain Chicago Police Officer Andrés Vásquez-Lasso as his funeral procession passed. Vásquez-Lasso, 32, was shot and killed while responding to a domestic dispute in the Gage Park neighborhood on March 1, 2023. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Chicagoland ‘Vision statement’ shares Catholic teaching on criminal justice laws and policies, including sentencing, parole and reentry The Catholic Conference of Illinois has released “A Catholic Vision for Restorative Justice in Illinois,” a document intended to educate everyone from lawmakers to Catholics in the pews and the bishops themselves what the Gospel calls for when it comes to justice.
Chicagoland Cardinal Cupich calls on all people to stand up against antisemitism Cardinal Cupich spoke at the Illinois Holocaust Museum Humanitarian Awards Dinner March 7, calling all people to work together to stop hateful speech and actions.
Vatican Pre-Vatican II Mass was formed by 'clericalization,' says papal preacher Clericalization led to the separation of the clergy from the faithful in the church's liturgy celebrated before the Second Vatican Council, said Cardinal Raniero Cantalamessa, preacher of the papal household.
Chicagoland Comedians bring laughs to Catholic venues Carl Kozlowski seems to have lived a multitude of lives, and he’s spent most of them trying to make people laugh.
Vatican Jesus asks that no one be excluded from his table, pope says The Catholic Church is not selective: each one of its members is a sinner and part of the holy, faithful people of God, Pope Francis said in an interview marking his 10 years as pope.
Vatican Pope clarifies rules limiting celebration of pre-Vatican II Mass Diocesan bishops must have Vatican authorization to allow the celebration of the pre-Vatican II Mass in a parish church, to establish a new “personal parish” for devotees of the old Mass or to allow its celebration by a priest ordained after July 2021 when Pope Francis issued rules restricting the celebration, he said.
Chicagoland Parish offers refuge to priest exiled from Nicaragua Father Erick Díaz, a priest whose citizenship was revoked by the Nicaraguan government for preaching the Gospel and defending human rights, is now living and ministering at St. Mary of the Lake and Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in Chicago’s Buena Park neighborhood.
Chicagoland Christian leaders pray for Ukraine on first anniversary of Russian invasion Cardinal Cupich joined Ukrainian Catholic Metropolitan Archbishop Borys Gudziak and Bishop Benedict Aleksiychuk for an ecumenical memorial prayer service commemorating the first anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24.