Religion
Peregrinación del reverendo Gary Graf a Nueva York resaltará la difícil situación de los inmigrantes
El Rev. Gary Graf, de 67 años de edad, lidera Nuestra Señora de las Alturas en Chicago Heights y es miembro de Sacerdotes por Justicia para Inmigrantes. Preocupado por la detención y deportación de inmigrantes durante la administración de Trump, Graf está en una caminata para movilizar a los estadounidenses hacia la compasión.
“What if his gun didn’t jam?” Jewish shooting victim asks as rabbis cite need for increased security at Chicago synagogues.
St. Carlo Acutis Parish, the only North American parish named for the Catholic Church’s first millennial saint — hosted a celebration in honor of Acutis’ canonization, part of festivities that will last until the anniversary of his death Oct. 12.
Chicago Chef Art Smith and restaurateur Phil Stefani have been selected to create a 500-seat restaurant on the grounds of the traditional papal retreat, just south of Rome.
The holy sculpture, from Mexico City, was unveiled Wednesday evening to hundreds of worshipers at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines.
Authorities said the shooter approached the side of the church and shot through the windows toward the children sitting in the pews during Mass before killing himself.
The Northwest Side woman who first spotted the marking on the Fullerton Avenue underpass wall in 2005 says it helped change her life. It’s still there but tough to make out these days.
The Rev. Jonathan Barker wanted to be one of the first ministers to endorse a candidate from the pulpit, U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, after an IRS rule change. Leaders of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America blocked him.
Monsignor Daniel Mayall was cleared of the allegations by the Archdiocese’s independent review board, which found there was “not a reasonable cause to believe Monsignor Mayall sexually abused the person making the accusation,” Cardinal Blase J. Cupich wrote in a letter Wednesday.
The pontiff celebrated Mass and shared a Sunday lunch of lasagna and roast veal with about 110 refugees, homeless and poor people at his lakeside retreat outside Rome as he wraps up his summer vacation and prepares to return to the Vatican.
A longtime Lake Forest resident who recently died at age 97, Lovell was interviewed for the Chicago Sun-Times’ old “Face to Faith” podcast in 2017, explaining his belief system and how it was shaped by his space travel. “The happiness is now,” he said.
A picnic July 21 included a performance from the film “Sister Act” in which some white participants wore blackface. On Sunday, the group offered “sincere and unequivocal apologies to all individuals and groups who may have felt offended.”
A trio of state legislators who sought refuge in Illinois last week attend Mass at the church on Sunday. They’ve faced two bomb threats, and the FBI has been asked to track them down. “They’re hunting us down like animals,” one Texan said.
The Rev. Ronald Kondziolka is accused of abusing a child while working at St. Brendan Parish in Englewood. He denies the allegations.
A Vatican opinion released shortly before Pope Francis died advises against public church listings of clergy members deemed to have been credibly accused of sexual abuse — which virtually every American diocese has.
Ana María Quispe Díaz of Chiclayo, Peru, says a priest there assaulted her when she was 9 years old.
The Rev. David F. Ryan of St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church is accused of abusing a minor about 30 years ago when he was on the staff at Maryville Academy in Des Plaines. Ryan has previously been accused and cleared of abuse three times.
The Chicago Sun-Times found that more than 70 Catholic clerics in Illinois collectively gave over $50,000 to political campaigns since 2021. The money was almost evenly split between Democrats and Republicans, with President Donald Trump and his 2024 rival Kamala Harris both recipients.
A slew of parishes were set to close or consolidate July 1, including Oakbrook Terrace’s Ascension of Our Lord Catholic Church, and St. Patrick Catholic Church near Manhattan. They remain open and active, and it’s unclear why.