Chicagoland Congratulations to our deacons celebrating jubilees In this section, we recognize the deacons serving in the Archdiocese of Chicago celebrating jubilees this year. Deacons assist the bishop and priests in ministries of the word, liturgy and charity. Deacons also identify the needs of the poor and underserved, and shepherd the church’s resources to meet those needs. We thank them for their service and congratulate them on their anniversaries.
Photo Gallery St. Sabina kicks off annual peace walks in wake of shootings Members St. Sabina Parish kicked off their Summer of Peace March and Rally to end to violence in their community on June 13, 2025. The rally and march took place a week after seven people were shot during a post-prom party in front of St. Sabina Church, 1210 West 78th Place, in Chicago. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Chicagoland Archdiocese marks 10th anniversary of Pope Francis’ ‘Laudato Si’’ Ten years after Pope Francis released “Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home,” the message of the encyclical has taken root in the Archdiocese of Chicago.
Vatican Pope sets Sept. 7 for joint canonization of Blesseds Acutis and Frassati Pope Leo XIV will canonize Blesseds Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati together Sept. 7, the Vatican announced.
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.
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.