Chicagoland Memorial Day Mass a tradition for many in Glenwood Attending Memorial Day Mass at Assumption Cemetery in Glenwood is an annual tradition for Donna Work.
Chicagoland Archdiocesan priests celebrate jubilee milestones Every year, Chicago Catholic honors archdiocesan priests celebrating jubilees, men who have dedicated themselves to serving the Lord through the Catholic Church. They often wear many hats, such as pastor, administrator, maintenance man, cook, accountant, friend. They have served mostly as parish priests, and some have also served as teachers, chaplains and counselors. Chicago Catholic congratulates and thanks them.
Chicagoland Auxiliary Bishop John Gorman, 99, dies Friends and colleagues recalled Auxiliary Bishop John Gorman as a visionary, creative leader who was devoted to the Archdiocese of Chicago and its people after Bishop Gorman died June 2 at Our Lady of the Woods Parish in Orland Park, where he lived in retirement.
Vatican Pope sets consistory to consider declaring eight new saints Although Pope Francis already set Aug. 3 as the date to declare the sainthood of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, Pope Leo XIV will hold a meeting with cardinals to approve his canonization and that of seven other people.
Vatican Council of Nicaea anniversary is call to Christian unity, speakers say The Council of Nicaea 1,700 years ago recognized that Christian unity had to be based on a common faith and should be demonstrated by a common celebration of Easter, the most sacred feast of the Christian year, said speakers at a Rome conference.
Chicagoland Last-minute assisted suicide bill fails to pass Illinois Senate Opponents of assisted suicide in Illinois are breathing a sigh of relief that the spring legislative session ended May 31 without an Illinois Senate vote on a bill that would have allowed terminally ill people to take their own lives.
Vatican Pope speaks by phone with Russian leader Putin Pope Leo XIV and Russian leader Vladimir Putin held their first telephone conversation June 4 with the pope encouraging Putin to make a gesture to show he is serious about peace with Ukraine, the Vatican press office said.
Vatican Pope appoints religious sister secretary of dicastery for religious In his first appointment of a high-level official of the Roman Curia, Pope Leo XIV named Sister Tiziana Merletti, a canon lawyer, to be secretary of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life.
Chicagoland Statement of Cardinal Cupich on election of Pope Leo XIV The following statement was released on May 9, 2025.
Chicagoland Well-wishers, the curious flock to Pope Leo’s home parish During the papal conclave, Cardinal Robert Prevost was on the radar of people at Christ Our Savior Parish in South Holland because he was one of them.
Chicagoland Pope Leo ‘met the global church’ at Catholic Theological Union When Pope Leo XIV attended Catholic Theological Union in Hyde Park, he was only about 10 miles from his boyhood home, but that didn’t stop him from learning about the church all over the world.