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May 31, 2023
By Cardinal Blase J. Cupich
Survivors first
Following the release of the report of Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul on the sexual abuse of minors by clerics in the six dioceses of our state, my office offered an initial response which can be found at archchicago.org/statements.
February 16, 2023
By Father Donald Senior, CP
Feb. 19: Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
On Oct. 2, 2006, a mentally ill man entered a one-room schoolhouse in the Amish village of Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania, and, after letting the teacher and the boy pupils leave, proceeded to shoot eight young girls, ages 6 to 13, killing five of them and severely wounding the rest. Afterward he took his own life.
May 17, 2023
By Velma Walker
Helping mothers and their babies
When Osiris Alvarez’s baby girl Yasmin was born in December 2020, she was overjoyed, but also nervous about caring for a newborn during a pandemic.
May 31, 2023
By Michelle Martin
What, me care?
There’s something to be said for not caring. Not in the sense of apathy. More in the sense of not having a care in the world.
October 9, 2019
By Bishop Robert Barron
Talking with skeptics on Reddit
I just finished my second dive into the Reddit AMA world. One of the most popular websites in the world, Reddit is a forum for all sorts of online conversations and presentations.
February 6, 2019
By Father James Keenan, SJ
Doing virtue in Rome
I arrived here in Rome two weeks ago. I will be living and writing my columns for Chicago Catholic for the next seven months here.
April 25, 2018
By Don Wycliff
Writing the script of our lives
I recently attended a workshop on trauma and emotional resilience in children for people who work in the child-welfare system. The keynote speaker kept coming back to one theme: Each of us must write the script of his or her own life.
August 17, 2022
By Kerry Alys Robinson
Anonymous blessing
At a desert monastery, I had the opportunity to walk a labyrinth made of stones surrounded by exotic flora. I was completely alone, but far from lonely, enchanted by the mysterious beauty and contradiction of uninviting, captivating cacti amidst the craggy landscape. With each step closer to the center, I offered the prayer I have prayed daily.
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