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FILE – Military Services Archbishop Timothy Broglio, the president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, speaks during a press conference at a plenary assembly in Baltimore on Nov. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough, File)

Archbishop of the US military says Catholic soldiers should not serve on firing squad

By Associated Press

October 12, 2026 at 1:17 p.m.

Archbishop Timothy Broglio, who oversees the Catholic Church’s pastoral services to Catholics in the U.S....

Pope Leo XIV delivers the Angelus prayer in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope Leo will be admitted to hospital Tuesday for lung nodule surgery, Vatican says

By Nicole Winfield

October 12, 2026 at 4:32 p.m.

The Vatican said Pope Leo XIV will be admitted to the hospital on Tuesday in...

Lorena Lopez, left, and Jacqueline Ramirez-Lopez participate in Mass at Old St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in the Loop on Oct. 3, 2026. After Mass, Cardinal Blase Cupich blessed a delegation, including Ramirez-Lopez, that is traveling to Rome to meet with Pope Leo. (Arthur Maiorella/baiduhai)

Chicago clergy set to visit Pope Leo to advocate for immigrant detainees: ‘This is a mission from Christ’

By Laura Rodríguez Presa

October 12, 2026 at 1:27 p.m.

The Coalition for Spiritual and Public Leadership are scheduled to make a pilgrimage to Rome...

Molly Pinta, then a Buffalo Grove teen who spearheaded Buffalo Grove's inaugural Pride parade, was named a 2020 Human Rights Campaign Foundation youth ambassador in 2020. Her mom, Carolyn Pinta, has been leading a campaign to send holiday cards to LGBTQ+ folks who’ve been shunned by their families. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Heidi Stevens: Spreading love and humanity to the LGBTQ+ community one holiday card at a time

By Heidi Stevens

November 25, 2024 at 12:29 p.m.

A campaign to send holiday cards — or cards for no occasion — to LGBTQ+...

St. Edward Central Catholic High School. (Dave Gathman / The Courier-News)

Priest accused of sex misconduct at Rockford school once worked at Elgin’s St. Edward HS and other local parishes

By Mike Danahey

November 14, 2024 at 10:19 a.m.

The Rev. Matthew DeBlock, former principal of St. Edward Central Catholic High School in Elgin...

FILE – A copy of the Ten Commandments is posted along with other historical documents in a hallway of the Georgia Capitol, June 20, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

Federal judge blocks Louisiana law that requires classrooms to display Ten Commandments

By Sara Cline

November 12, 2024 at 3:30 p.m.

A new Louisiana requirement that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public classroom by...

Joan Young, left, and Eileen Quinn Knight share the sign of peace by shaking hands during a special Election Day Mass at St. Clement Church in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood on Nov. 5, 2024. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Can America heal after the election? Local clergy, researchers tackle political anxiety and toxic polarization.

By Angie Leventis Lourgos

November 10, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

Post-election healing: Local clergy, researchers tackle the political divide.

Milagros Avalos, right, and other people view religious relics at St. Rita of Cascia Parish in Chicago on All Saints' Day on Nov. 1, 2024. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Southwest Side parish extends All Saints’ celebration, display of relics in hopes of inspiring faithful

By Caroline Kubzansky

November 1, 2024 at 9:23 p.m.

Remains of 17 Catholic saints are on display at St. Rita of Cascia Church in...

People prepare for All Saints’ Day at the cemetery in Zakroczym, near Warsaw, Poland, on Oct. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Spiritual, not spooky: After Halloween, Christians in many countries observe All Saints’ Day

By Vanessa Gera

November 1, 2024 at 8:06 a.m.

Christians in many countries around the world are celebrating All Saints’ Day, a somber and...

Raven Burns Busot chants while participating in an ancestor ritual over the weekend at the Malliway Bros. Spells, Charms & Potions event in Chicago. (Vincent Alban/for the baiduhai)

For Chicago-area witches and pagans, Halloween ushers in a season of reflection on mortality

By Caroline Kubzansky

October 31, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

For Rev. Laura González, the business of being a witch is a little subversive —...

Subway Cave opens out to a breathtaking scene of flushed red and burnt orange strata in Sedona, Ariz., Oct. 1, 2024. On a trip to the Arizona town a writer tries to understand her mystically inclined mother's beliefs with the help of crystals, meditation and visits to the area's supposed celestial portals. (Nate Abbott/The New York Times)

In Sedona, a psychic and a skeptic walk into a vortex

By Erin Vivid Riley

October 30, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

On a trip to Arizona, a writer tries to understand her mystically inclined mother with...

Nadia Hussien, left, is greeted by her sister-in-law, Zuhdieh Hussien, while gathering with relatives at her brother Adnan's home, Oct. 11, 2024, in Homer Glen. Hussien, 80, and her brother are traveling back to their home in Beitunia in the West Bank, in part, to tend to the olive trees on their property despite the potential dangers and travel complications caused by the Israel-Hamas war. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Pressing ahead: Amid war in Gaza, some Chicago-area Palestinians risking travel to homeland for olive harvest season

By Zareen Syed

October 25, 2024 at 11:25 a.m.

For some, olive trees are the lifeblood of Palestinian culture, representing so much more than...

Benedictine monk Brother Anthony Daum vacuums near the alter at Monastery of the Holy Cross Church in Chicago, Sept. 20, 2024. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

‘Stay in that loneliness:’ In Bridgeport, monks study, work and pray seeking God

By Caroline Kubzansky

October 20, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

At the Monastery of the Holy Cross in Bridgeport, life revolves around prayer, the pursuit...