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Worshippers fill shrine chapel for St. Rita feast day

Worshippers fill the St. Rita of Cascia Shrine Chapel, 7740 S. Western Ave., for the 119th novena and feast day Mass for St. Rita of Cascia. Known as the patron saint of impossible causes, St. Rita was a wife, widow, mother and Augustinian nun who bore the stigmata and died in 1457 in Cascia, Italy. She is also associated with roses. Worshippers received a rose before the Mass and it was blessed with a relic of the saint during the service. Augustinian Father Tom McCarthy, director of the shrine and prior-elect of the Midwest Augustinians, was the main celebrant for the Mass. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

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1.2 million people join Pope Leo for Corpus Christi in Spain

At the beginning of the second day of his pastoral visit to Spain on June 6, Pope Leo XIV presided over the Mass celebrating the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ.

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Memorial Day Masses remember the fallen

Auxiliary Bishop John Siemianowski celebrates a Memorial Day Mass at Resurrection Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleums in Justice on May 25, 2026. The Archdiocese of Chicago Catholic Cemeteries hosted its annual field Masses at 21 cemeteries throughout Cook and Lake counties. Guests prayed for peace and honored those who have served this country and remembered the fallen. Active members of the military and veterans received a special blessing during the liturgies followed by the playing of “Taps.” (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

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Archdiocese’s ‘Generation to Generation’ campaign nearing its goal

The Archdiocese of Chicago’s “Generation to Generation” campaign has almost reached its goal of raising $300 million to strengthen local parishes, spiritually renew parishes, support priests and assist vulnerable communities.

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Local theologians, experts welcome new encyclical on AI

Catholic theologians and experts welcomed Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, “Magnifica Humanitas: On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence,” for its defense of the “grandeur” of humanity and its insistence that technology be put at the service of people instead of the other way around.

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Pope Leo’s ‘Magnifica Humanitas’: AI must serve humanity not concentrate power

Marking the 135th anniversary of “Rerum Novarum,” Pope Leo XIV released his first encyclical, entitled “Magnifica Humanitas: On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence.” He appealed for the safeguarding of humanity, promotion of truth, dignity of work, social justice and peace.

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