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High court grants injunction for Wheaton College in health care case

May 23, 2019 at 6:51 a.m.

The U.S. Supreme Court has granted Wheaton College a temporary stay in its fight against the federal health care law's contraception mandate and will hear arguments Wednesday from lawyers representing...

Illinois firms celebrate ruling on contraception coverage

May 21, 2019 at 12:04 p.m.

The Supreme Court for the first time Monday said some private companies could be exempted from part of a federal law because of the religious beliefs of their owners, ruling...

Catholics march in Pride Parade: ‘This is all about justice’

May 21, 2019 at 12:04 p.m.

Parishioners from a Lincoln Park Roman Catholic parish are marching in today's Pride Parade to show their solidarity with Dignity Chicago, an independent ministry for gay, lesbian and transgender Catholics....

Catholics march in Pride Parade: ‘This is all about justice’

December 23, 2018 at 6:25 p.m.

Parishioners from a Lincoln Park Roman Catholic parish are marching in today's Pride Parade to show their solidarity with Dignity Chicago, an independent ministry for gay, lesbian and transgender Catholics....

Court ruling may jeopardize buffer zone for abortion protesters in Chicago

May 21, 2019 at 12:00 p.m.

A unanimous U.S. Supreme Court ruling Thursday that overturned a Massachusetts law designed to keep abortion opponents away from patients has also opened a debate over whether a Chicago ordinance...

Court ruling may jeopardize buffer zone for abortion protesters in Chicago

December 23, 2018 at 6:23 p.m.

A unanimous U.S. Supreme Court ruling Thursday that overturned a Massachusetts law designed to keep abortion opponents away from patients has also opened a debate over whether a Chicago ordinance...

Finding by theologians moves Sheen closer to sainthood

May 21, 2019 at 11:47 a.m.

Theologians charged with advising the Vatican on causes for sainthood have agreed that a reported miracle in 2010 should be attributed to the intercession of Fulton Sheen, the archbishop from...

Finding by theologians moves Sheen closer to sainthood

December 23, 2018 at 6:16 p.m.

Theologians charged with advising the Vatican on causes for sainthood have agreed that a reported miracle in 2010 should be attributed to the intercession of Fulton Sheen, the archbishop from...

Cardinal George gives video deposition in priest’s abuse case

May 21, 2019 at 10:31 a.m.

Lawyers began recording the testimony of Cardinal Francis George on Thursday amid a widening scope of sex-abuse allegations against defrocked Roman Catholic priest Daniel McCormack, a precaution taken in the...

George sets example for other bishops

September 9, 2018 at 6:32 a.m.

Cardinal Francis George has said for years that he hoped to become the first Roman Catholic archbishop of Chicago to retire and meet his successor. Last week, the archdiocese announced...

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