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 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 St. Nicholas students pray for peace in Ukraine The St. Nicholas Cathedral School community marked first anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine with a prayer service on Feb. 24, 2023, to pray for peace. Eighth graders helped organize the service, which included testimony from students as well as the Ukrainian national anthem. St. Nicholas Cathedral School is a ministry of St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral, and has welcomed more than 95 children from Ukraine since the start of the war. (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 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.
Chicagoland Cardinal joins online event against antisemitism Cardinal Cupich joined Catholic, Jewish and civil leaders in an online event organized by the international Combat Antisemitism Movement Feb. 21 to celebrate the “heroic actions” of Bishop of Assisi Giuseppe Placido Nicolini in allowing Jews fleeing deportation during the Holocaust to be housed in his diocese.
Vatican Pope's message for Lent: Synodal and Lenten journeys require effort, sacrifice, focusing on God Tradition is a source of inspiration for seeking out new paths to take with Jesus and for avoiding the traps of stagnation or impromptu experimentation, Pope Francis said.