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US bishops call for an end to racial bias in immigration enforcement

“As Catholics, we believe that all persons are created in the image and likeness of God and, therefore, grieve all situations where human life is brought to an unnatural end.” With these words, Bishop Daniel E. Garcia, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Subcommittee for the Promotion of Racial Justice and Reconciliation, and Bishop Brendan J. Cahill, chairman of the Committee on Migration, begin the pastoral reflection they issued in light of several recent immigration enforcement encounters resulting in the loss of life in the United States.

Ministry of protecting children going strong 25 years after charter

It’s been nearly a quarter-century since the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops first passed its Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People in Dallas, and in that time, the landscape around protecting children has changed.

Parish partners with legal aid clinic to provide people access to legal advice

Lura Johnson was surprised when a representative from Administer Justice spoke at St. Paul the Apostle Parish in Gurnee last year about how many people in the United States don’t have access to the legal system. Now she leads volunteer legal clinic at her parish.

Mission trips bring youth closer to Christ through service

Teenagers from around the Archdiocese of Chicago spend time every summer getting away from home, not for rest and relaxation, but to help people in need and to focus on their relationship with Christ at the same time. Youth ministers who have led such trips say they see the transformation in the young people they bring over just a few days, both as leaders on their service projects and in their faith.

Parish, school gardens grow community, benefit pantry ministries

Peppers, tomatoes, beans, peas, lettuce, greens, raspberries, blueberries and, of course, okra. Gardens at parishes, schools and other Catholic organizations are providing all that and more to people in need across the Archdiocese of Chicago, while growing their own communities and working to be better stewards of the Earth.

Archdiocese of Chicago launches new Hispanic Ministry Commission

The Archdiocese of Chicago’s new Hispanic Ministry Commission (Comisión Hispana de la Arquidiócesis de Chicago), brings together leaders from different ministries in the archdiocese to help focus on the needs and the gifts of Hispanic Catholics in a spirit of listening and synodality.

Pope Leo assures Americans of prayers on 250th anniversary of United States

“May the Spirit of 1776 continue to inspire hope and unity as the United States of America moves into the future.” Pope Leo XIV expressed this in a letter he sent to the American people to mark the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 2026.

Survey looks at why more people are entering Catholic Church

A survey of more than 2,100 people across 20 dioceses and archdioceses who came into full communion with the Catholic Church this year found that many of them are looking to satisfy a personal hunger for truth or goodness, and that many are attracted to the stability and wisdom the institutional church.

Archdiocese dedicates first-ever memorial to those lost to suicide

Family and friends of people who died by suicide now have a memorial in Queen of Heaven Cemetery in Hillside that they can visit and remember their loved ones.

Poor Clares invite women to discern a call to their radical life

For 25 years, a small group of Poor Clare sisters has lived a quiet and enclosed existence in Immaculate Conception Monastery in Palos Park. But in the Jubilee Year of St. Francis, the community is putting out the welcome mat and inviting women to discern a vocation to their way of life.

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