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Three cardinals have ended service on pope's Council of Cardinals

Three members of Pope Francis' Council of Cardinals have officially ended their service as papal advisers on the reform of the Roman Curia.

Parish celebrates Our Lady of Divine Providence

Men carry a statue of Our Lady of Divine Providence during the entrance procession as Our Lady of Mercy Parish, 4432 N. Troy St. in Chicago, hosts a special archdiocesan Mass in honor of the feast of the patroness of Puerto Rico on Nov. 16, 2018.

Remembering the Our Lady of the Angels school fire 60 years later

It has been 60 years, but Serge Uccetta remembers Dec. 1, 1958 like it happened recently. That’s the day fire engulfed his elementary school, Our Lady of the Angels near Hamlin and Chicago avenues, taking the lives of 95 people — 92 students and three women religious.

God Squad sets up Nativity in Daley Plaza

Members of the God Squad assemble the outdoor creche in Chicago's Daley Plaza Nov 24, 2018. The God Squad, a team of volunteers from Chicago-area parishes, sets up the Nativity scene each year after Thanksgiving. The scene, now in its 34th year, is the only traditional display of Christmas in downtown Chicago and represents free speech and free exercise of faith by private citizens in the public square. (Karen Callaway Chicago Catholic)

Our Lady of the Mount celebrates 100 years

Cardinal Cupich joined parishioners Our Lady of the Mount Parish in Cicero Nov. 4, 2018, in celebrating the parish's 100th anniversary.

Couple delivers Christmas toys to kids in Guatemala

For the past 10 years, Deacon Freddie Palacios and his wife, Zoila, have been putting smiles on the faces of poor children living in their native Guatemala by delivering wrapped toys for Christmas.

Renew My Church grouping gathers to help the poor

An annual Thanksgiving project in which Old St. Pat's parishioners donated and packed food Nov. 18 for Thanksgiving dinner for dozens of families in North Lawndale was one of several efforts undertaken by parishes in downtown Chicago in November as part of their efforts to observe the Nov. 18 World Day of the Poor. The five parishes — Old St. Patrick’s; Holy Name Cathedral, 735 N. State St., Old St. Mary’s, 1500 S. Michigan Ave.; St. Peter’s in the Loop, 110 W. Madison St.; and Assumption, 323 W. Illinois St. — decided to collaborate after being grouped together for Renew My Church.

Bears' veteran gives out turkeys to St. Malachy students

For the third year in a row, former Chicago Bears and Pro Bowl defensive end Adewale Ogunleye hosted his Goal Power Foundation Thanksgiving event at St. Malachy School, 2252 W. Washington Blvd., on Nov. 11, 2018. He provided Thanksgiving turkeys to students and their families in the after-school program. (Karen Callaway Chicago Catholic)

Veterans honored, remembered at Catholic Community of St. Katharine Drexel

On Nov. 11, 2018, the Catholic Community of St. Katharine Drexel celebrated the contribution, commitment and sacrifice of veterans and active service members at the St. Felicitas worship site, 1526 E. 84th St. (Karen Callaway Chicago Catholic)

1979 visit by John Paul II key part of Chicago history

When Pope John Paul II visited Chicago Oct. 4-6 in 1979, he did not come as a stranger. He had come to this most Polish of American cities twice as Archbishop of Krakow — once on his own, as part of a tour of the United States in 1969, and once only three years earlier as part of a delegation of Polish bishops.
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