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Doris Hernandez, foreground, is joined by friends and supporters for a vigil for her son Freddy Cervantes on April 1, 2015, in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood.

Little Village mother forgives son’s killer, forms ministry to combat gangs

August 18, 2019 at 7:09 p.m.

Doris Hernandez still doesn't know who killed her son Freddy Cervantes two years ago. She said she doesn't need to know. She already forgives the perpetrator. At a vigil in...

Cardinal Francis George attends a rally of students from private Catholic schools at Daley Plaza in 1999.

Cardinal Francis George remains hospitalized

August 18, 2019 at 7:06 p.m.

Chicago Archbishop Blase Cupich said Tuesday that Cardinal Francis George has not returned home and remains hospitalized at Loyola University Medical Center. Following the annual Chrism Mass at Holy Name...

Archbishop Blase Cupich, laughs at some of the questions from the public, during his presentation at the City Club of Chicago at Maggiano's Banquets.

Cupich to celebrate Easter Sunday at suburban parish, not Holy Name

August 18, 2019 at 7:01 p.m.

In a departure from recent tradition, Archbishop Blase Cupich will celebrate Easter Mass this year at a southwest suburban parish instead of Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago. After observing a...

St. James Episcopal Cathedral in Chicago has called on the Rev. Dominic Barrington, an English priest, to lead it.

Chicago Episcopal cathedral names new dean

August 18, 2019 at 7:01 p.m.

A British priest with a reputation for supporting Christians in the Middle East has been named the new dean of St. James Episcopal Cathedral in Chicago. The Rev. Dominic Barrington,...

Jennifer Colucci, with children Kyle, 2, Jessica, 12, and Lucas, 9, was upset to learn St. Cornelius was going to merge with three other Catholic schools on the Northwest Side.."It's sad that we're like a number on a map, on a graph, when we feel that St. Cornelius is so much more than that," Colucci said.

4 Catholic schools in, 2 opt out as archdiocese eyes regional model

May 22, 2019 at 7:22 p.m.

Twenty-four hours before a number of Roman Catholic schools learned they wouldn't be open for another school year, the Rev. Dan Fallon found out that St. Cornelius Catholic School was...

Precious Murphy receives ashes from Urban Village Church volunteer Dara Emory on Feb. 18, 2015, outside the Chicago Avenue Brown Line station in Chicago.

Chicago archbishop distributes ashes, extends invitation

May 22, 2019 at 7:21 p.m.

Chicago Archbishop Blase Cupich on Ash Wednesday extended an invitation to people across the city to participate in the Festival of Forgiveness during the second weekend of Lent. Two dozen...

One of Mohammed Abdullah Saleem's accusers, a 45-year-old mother of two, claims he abused her as a minor in 1982. She covers her face to protect her identity.

South Asian community shocked at sexual assault charges against Elgin imam

May 22, 2019 at 7:20 p.m.

When Mohammed Abdullah Saleem speaks, many observant Muslims in Chicago's South Asian community listen and obey. The conservative Muslim scholar opposes men and women shaking hands. He maintains strict gender...

Chicago Archbishop Blase Cupich, right, speaks at the 10th Annual March for Life Chicago at Federal Plaza in downtown Chicago.

In shift, Cupich will receive vestment in Chicago, not Rome

August 18, 2019 at 6:40 p.m.

In another sign of the pope's break with Catholic tradition, Chicago Archbishop Blase Cupich will not go to Rome to receive the pallium, or ecclesiastical vestment bestowed upon new archbishops....

6 Northwest Side Catholic schools asked to work together for reorganization

August 18, 2019 at 6:37 p.m.

After announcing that 13 Roman Catholic schools will close or consolidate by the end of the school year, the Chicago Archdiocese confirmed Tuesday that Archbishop Blase Cupich has suggested six...

‘Deadheads’ fill Chicago post offices for first-day ticket orders

June 16, 2018 at 3:52 a.m.

Chicago area "Deadheads" hoping to secure a spot at three summer Grateful Dead shows at Soldier Field filled post offices Tuesday morning to get a leg up. While tickets for...

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