Catholics must respond to environmental injustice with prayer, concrete action, pope says

Ravaging the earth and creating environmental injustices are not what God had in mind when he entrusted creation to humanity, Pope Leo XIV said.

Archbishops must promote unity, seek new ways to share Gospel, pope says

Archbishops around the world can provide by their example the fraternity and unity in diversity the entire Catholic Church needs today, Pope Leo XIV said.

Sister Rosemary Connelly, longtime president of Misericordia, dies

Mercy Sister Rosemary Connelly, longtime president of Misericordia Heart of Mercy and champion of people with developmental disabilities, died on June 19. She was 94.

‘Stop the tragedy of war,’ pope says after U.S. bombs Iran

Hours after the United States bombed the sites of three nuclear-enrichment facilities in Iran, Pope Leo XIV called the situation in the Middle East “alarming” and said diplomacy was the only responsible way forward.

Pope Leo: Hope in God must lead to justice for the poor

Christian hope must move beyond comforting words to real responsibility and structural change to uplift the poor, Pope Leo XIV said in his message for the 2025 World Day of the Poor.

The urgency of living authentically

Cardinal Cupich delivered the following homily June 14 at Rate Field in Chicago, during the closing Mass of the archdiocese’s celebration of Pope Leo XIV:

Pope in a Sox hat

Regular readers of this column know that I am a Sox fan.

Archdiocese marks 10th anniversary of Pope Francis’ ‘Laudato Si’’

Ten years after Pope Francis released “Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home,” the message of the encyclical has taken root in the Archdiocese of Chicago.

Archdiocese lays to rest Bishop John Gorman, 99

Friends, family and loved ones remembered Auxiliary Bishop John Gorman as a “cornerstone” of the church in the Archdiocese of Chicago and around the United States at his funeral Mass June 10 at Our Lady of the Woods Church in Orland Park.

Meet the Archdiocese of Chicago’s newest deacons

Fifteen permanent deacons and two transitional deacons were ordained May 11 at Holy Name Cathedral. Auxiliary Bishop Larry Sullivan, vicar general, celebrated the ordination Mass.
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