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Parishioners, visitors gather at cathedral to remember Pope Francis

Catholics gathered at Holy Name Cathedral and in their local parishes April 21 after learning of the death of Pope Francis early that morning.

Local Catholic leaders pay tribute to pope

In the hours after the world learned of the death of Pope Francis on April 21, people and institutions around the world released statements and tributes to the late pontiff. Here are excerpts of some of them:

Father Matthew Foley reinstated to ministry

On April 15, Cardinal Cupich sent the following letter to St. Agnes of Bohemia; St. Gall; St. James; Mary, Seat of Wisdom; Misión San Juan Diego; St. Norbert and Our Lady of the Brook; and St. Simon of Cyrene parishes informing them of the reinstatement of Father Matthew Foley.

Cardinal Cupich joins St. Jerome Parish at Via Crucis for immigration reform

About 1,000 people joined in praying for immigration reform and immigrant families, as well for solidarity with all people who are poor or marginalized as they followed the Via Crucis, or Way of the Cross, at St. Jerome Parish on Good Friday, April 18.

Son receives the sacraments and inspires mother to complete hers

Last summer, the urge to go back to church stirred in Adrian Gonzalez, 19. His family is Catholic, but only attended Mass sporadically. While he was never baptized, the urge to fully commit to church had been growing for some time.

St. Moses the Black pantry expanding to meet increased need

When the St. Columbanus Parish opened its food pantry in 2004, it served about 50 households each week. Now part of St. Moses the Black Parish, the food pantry regularly serves more than 700 households each week, distributing more than 2 million pounds of food and clothes each year.

Tenebrae service at St. Elizabeth Seton Parish set tone for triduum

St. Elizabeth Seton Parish in Orland Hills welcomed the triduum by celebrating a Tenebrae service on the Wednesday of Holy Week, April 16.

Archdiocese remembers Pope Francis at cathedral Mass

Catholics from across the Archdiocese of Chicago gathered at Holy Name Cathedral to remember Pope Francis on April 23, the same day the late pope’s body was carried across St. Peter’s Square into St. Peter’s Basilica for public viewing.

Celebrating Easter for the entire 50-day season

All of the Easter eggs will be found and the chocolate eaten long before the Easter season ends at Pentecost, this year on June 8.

Replica of beloved Michoacán image of Jesus installed in Mundelein parish

In Huandacareo, Michoacán, nearly half a million devotees process with the image of “El Señor del Amparo” (“The Lord of Protection”) through the streets on Holy Thursday night, from the end of the Mass of the Lord’s Supper until about 5 a.m.
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