Chicagoland Pope Francis elevates Augustus Tolton to ‘venerable’ Pope Francis advanced the sainthood cause of Servant of God Augustus Tolton June 11 when he issued a decree declaring him “venerable.” The title “venerable” recognizes that he lived a life of heroic virtue.
U.S. Border bishops address different kind of crisis involving children While the sex abuse crisis consumed the June meeting of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Baltimore, prelates who work on the border, such as Bishop Daniel E. Flores of Brownsville, Texas, have been facing a different crisis also involving children.
Chicagoland Church of St. Mary holds service day The Church of St. Mary in Lake Forest hosted a service day on June 8, 2019. Parishioners lent their time and talents to do yard work, paint, make blankets, write operation gratitude cards for soldiers, make name tags for Camp Hope, clean up parks, work at food pantries and volunteer at Feed My Starving Children.
Chicagoland Sister Margaret Farley retires after 44 years of service Don’t say Notre Dame Sister Margaret Farley is retiring. “That would mean I wasn’t going to do anything else,” said Sister Margaret, 81, who formally left her position with the Office of Catholic Schools after 44 years on June 3. “Say I’m resigning.”
Chicagoland ‘Broken Mary’ focus of peace procession On the evening of May 31, the feast of the Visitation of Mary, over 1,500 people walked out of St. John Cantius Church at Chicago and Ogden Avenues and processed — holding candles and reciting the rosary — to the historic Water Tower to pray for peace in the city.
Chicagoland Group ‘reclaims’ neighborhood around St. Rita of Cascia Parish Cardinal Cupich called the results obtained so far by the Southwest Organizing Project’s Reclaiming Project a miracle.
Chicagoland Father Pat Lee reinstated to ministry For the second time this year, Cardinal Cupich has reinstated a priest to his parish after the priest was cleared of sexual abuse charges by government and church investigations.
Vatican Mitigate global warming, spare further injustice to poor, pope says Faced with a climate emergency, the world must act immediately to mitigate global warming and avoid committing “a brutal act of injustice” on the poor and future generations, Pope Francis told a group of energy and oil executives and global investors.
U.S. Protocol approved on restrictions on bishops facing claim of abuse The U.S. bishops overwhelmingly approved a measure that would enable bishops to apply restrictions in the life and ministry of retired bishops accused of sexual abuse or who failed to take necessary measures to prevent abuse
U.S. Bishops urged to pass 'effective' policies on accountability, transparency When the bishops gather in Baltimore starting June 11, Bishop W. Shawn McKnight of Jefferson City, Missouri, said he's "hopeful we will have some progress made in moving the football" on the church's response to the abuse crisis by approving several proposals to hold the bishops accountable.
U.S. Audit report released; bishops urged to renew vigilance ‘each day’ The 16th annual report on diocesan compliance with the U.S. bishops’ “Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People” shows a significant increase in the number of abuse allegations over last year’s report because of additional claims received in five New York dioceses after implementation of their Independent Reconciliation and Compensation programs in the last year.