Photo Gallery Students celebrate back-to-back championships Students at De La Salle Institute celebrated back to back basketball championships with a pep rally at the school on April 12, 2024. For the second consecutive season, the team comprised of students from De La Salle and Southside Occupational Academy in Chicago, won the championship of the IHSA/Special Olympics of Illinois Division II Unified Basketball State Tournament held at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in March. Many of Chicago's mascots joined in the fun as special guests and played a game against the unified team during the rally. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
U.S. The unlikely story of a sculptor and Father Tolton The thrill couldn’t get any better, or so Forrest Tucker thought. As a longtime welder for the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and a talented sculptor, Tucker was honored to be asked in 2019 to create a lasting tribute to the four race car drivers who have won the Indianapolis 500 four times.
Vatican Seek contact with nature to change polluting lifestyles, pope says Humanity must have more direct contact with nature to counter the modern lifestyles that are destroying the planet, Pope Francis said.
Photo Gallery Church of St. Mary holds Lenten service with adoration Church of St. Mary in Lake Forest held a Lenten reconciliation service with candlelight reflection and adoration on March 8, 2024. Auxiliary Bishop Jeffrey Grob, vicar for Vicariate I, heard confessions with parish priests which followed Stations of the Cross. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Chicagoland Jesus’ message to followers is nonviolence, speaker says The heart of Jesus’ message to his followers is nonviolence, Father John Dear told an audience at St. Patricia Parish in Hickory Hills on March 7, and those who would be followers of Christ must also commit themselves to opposing a culture of violence.
Chicagoland Grants from Lilly Endowment to help spiritually renew parishes Three organizations in the Archdiocese of Chicago have received grants from the Lilly Endowment’s Thriving Congregations Initiative to support projects aimed at helping parishes engage in ongoing spiritual renewal.
Chicagoland Assisted suicide legislation introduced in Illinois General Assembly A bill recently introduced in the Illinois General Assembly would make it legal for a physician or advanced practice nurse to prescribe an array of drugs to someone diagnosed with a terminal illness who wants to end their life.
Chicagoland St. Bede School in Ingleside to close despite massive fundraising Father George Koeune, pastor of Our Lady of the Lakes Parish and St. Bede School in Ingleside, announced on March 21 that St. Bede School would close at the end of this school year because of low registration for next school year.
Vatican Vatican announces April 8 publication of document on human dignity The Vatican press office announced that the Dicastery for the Doctrine of Faith's declaration on human dignity, said to include a faith-based critique of "gender ideologies" and surrogacy, will be released April 8.
Vatican On Easter, pope asks Christ to 'roll away' the stones of war worldwide Just as Jesus removed the stone that sealed his tomb on the morning of the Resurrection, on Easter Christ alone "has the power to roll away the stones that block the path to life" and which trap humanity in war and injustice, Pope Francis said.
Vatican Pope Francis: ‘I too am a child of migrants’ The Catholic Church can draw closer to Jesus by accompanying migrants in their pursuit of a better life, Pope Francis said.