Nitty-gritty ministry: Pope in Africa applies Gospel to real life

While Pope Francis’ comments on U.S. criticism of his papacy drew the biggest headlines during his visit to Africa, the Masses he celebrated in Mozambique, Madagascar and Mauritius drew the biggest crowds.

Recovering our sense of solidarity

More than a quarter-century ago, the late Cardinal Joseph Bernardin spoke about the futility of treating important issues like abortion, capital punishment, nuclear proliferation, the use of military force and others as discrete topics. He argued for a consistent ethic of life, thereby connecting these issues in a comprehensive way.

Look at all the people

When I was a very small child, there was a finger game we used to play. With hands folded together, fingers interlaced and tucked inside our palms, we would say, “Here is the church.” With index fingers extended to come to a point, we’d say, “Here is the steeple.”

Our Lady of Perpetual Help celebrates centennial

Cardinal Cupich celebrated a special Mass in honor of the centennial of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish in Glenview on Sept. 14, 2019. The theme for their celebration was “100 Years of Grace” which parishioners plan to honor by initiating a year of practical and spiritual acts of service to the community.

Panelists examine ‘human costs, moral implications’ of migration crisis

Facing the challenge of the migration crisis will require voices and actions taken up in solidarity with migrants across the globe, said a speaker at a Sept. 11 dialogue on immigration at Georgetown University.

Cemeteries to host replica of Vietnam Memorial

Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of Chicago will host a half-sized replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall and a traveling museum about the Vietnam War Sept. 26-30 at Queen of Heaven Cemetery, 1400 S. Wolf Road, Hillside.

Catholics welcome icon of Mary as ‘we would all like to be welcomed’

On a cloudy Thursday morning, more than a hundred people gathered near the northwest corner of Humboldt Park to welcome the statue of the Virgen de San Juan de los Lagos to Chicago.

Church must seek new paths in Amazon, synod secretaries say

The Synod of Bishops for the Amazon will help the Catholic Church make its presence felt and voice heard in a region that is dangerously approaching “a point of no return,” said the special secretaries of the synod.

Three hundred years of marriage in one family

Once upon a time, on the South Side of Chicago, there lived a family with seven children. Things were not always easy for the family — the father, a printer by trade, took a job in a steel mill to make enough money to keep food on the table and a roof over their heads — but the mother and father loved each other and their children.

St. Mother Teresa parishioners come together to celebrate their patron’s life

Parishioners at the new St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta Parish came together on Sept. 5, St. Teresa’s feast day, to thank her for her example and to ask her continued intercession as they work to unite the former St. Therese Chinese Catholic Parish in Chinatown and St. Barbara Parish in Bridgeport.
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