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Pope Leo XIV addresses Catholic faithful on the scoreboard at Rate Field, home to the Chicago White Sox, during a celebration and Mass on June 14, 2025, in Chicago to honor his selection as pope.

Full text of Pope Leo XIV’s address to Catholics in Chicago

Jun 14, 2025

By Pope Leo XIV

“You are the promise of hope for so many of us,” the pope told young people attending the event at... Read more

Pope Leo XIV addresses Catholic faithful on the scoreboard at Rate Field, home to the Chicago White Sox, on June 14, 2025, in Chicago during a celebration and Mass to honor his selection as pope.

Pope Leo XIV encourages young people to be ‘beacons of hope’ at Chicago event

Jun 14, 2025

By Jonathan Liedl

“You are the promise of hope for so many of us,” the pope told young people attending the “Chicago Celebrates... Read more

The front door of 212 E. 141st Place, the childhood home of Pope Leo XIV, in Dolton, Illinois.

Pope Leo’s boyhood home in Chicago could go for more than $1 million

Jun 14, 2025

By Kate Quiñones

The three-bedroom brick structure with a spacious backyard was home to Pope Leo XIV — then Robert Prevost — during... Read more

The childhood home of Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, in Dolton, Illinois.

Town where Pope Leo XIV grew up seeks to acquire his childhood home

May 22, 2025

By Amira Abuzeid

Steve Budzik, the home’s listing broker, told CNA he and the home’s current owner, Pawel Radzik, are eager to work... Read more

Illinois Rep. Henry J. Hyde (left) in 1998.

Who is Henry Hyde? Illinois officials move to purge pro-life lawmaker’s name

Feb 13, 2025

By Jonah McKeown

The Democratic-controlled board of DuPage County voted 10-5 earlier this week to remove Hyde’s name from the county courthouse and... Read more

Archbishop of Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich speaks onstage during the first day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago on Aug. 19, 2024.

UPDATE: Cardinal Cupich invocation at DNC stirs disappointment among pro-life activists

Aug 20, 2024

By Peter Laffin, Daniel Payne

Speaking before a packed house at the United Center in Chicago on Monday night, Cupich said Americans are regularly called... Read more

A sign hangs above a Planned Parenthood clinic on May 18, 2018, in Chicago.

Planned Parenthood mobilizes for Democratic convention in Chicago

Aug 19, 2024

By Daniel Payne

Planned Parenthood Great Rivers said it was traveling to Chicago and performing free abortions and sterilization procedures in a mobile... Read more

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker.

Illinois governor launches national fundraising organization to stump for abortion access

Oct 19, 2023

By Matt McDonald

Think Big America is “dedicated to safeguarding reproductive rights and standing up against the right-wing extremists who want to take... Read more

Sister Jean Dolores-Schmidt at the first round game of the NCAA Tournament in Dallas on March 15, 2018.

104-year-old ‘Sister Jean’ throws out first pitch at Chicago Cubs game

Aug 29, 2023

By Peter Pinedo

Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt belongs to the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary and is a sports chaplain... Read more

Photo courtesy of the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines, Ill.

Chicago suburb is home to a major Guadalupe shrine

Dec 12, 2021

By Kevin J. Jones

Marian devotion is intense among the hundreds of thousands of people who visit the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe... Read more

Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago

Pastor says priest 'misspoke' when he alleged Cardinal Cupich stopped public prayers after Mass

Aug 28, 2021

By Joe Bukuras

Cardinal Blase Cupich, Archbishop of Chicago, allegedly ordered a priest to cease praying the Prayer to St. Michael and the... Read more

Video footage of the Aug. 19, 2021 funeral Mass for fallen Chicago police officer Ella French shows Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot returning from receiving Communion from Fr. Dan Brandt, a Catholic chaplain for the Chicago Police Department.

Police chaplain 'mortified' he mistakenly gave Chicago mayor Communion at Officer Ella French’s funeral

"You know something, I am to blame for that and I am mortified," Fr. Dan Brandt told CNA Friday, explaining... Read more

Bishop John R. Manz, pictured in 2012.

Pope Francis accepts resignation of 75-year-old Chicago auxiliary bishop

Jul 1, 2021

By Hannah Brockhaus

Bishop John R. Manz celebrated 50 years as a priest and 25 years as a bishop in May. Read more

Sister Stephanie Baliga of the Franciscans of the Eucharist of Chicago runs a marathon on a treadmill in 2020.

Chicago's Running Nun talks about faith and sport

Apr 18, 2021

Through the Chicago marathon, Sister Stephanie Baliga and her team have raised more than $1.1M for her community's outreach to... Read more

Father Michael Pfleger / Photo: Daniel X. O'Neil CC BY 2.0

Father Michael Pfleger, activist Chicago priest, faces claim of abusing minor

Jan 5, 2021

By Kevin J. Jones

The outspoken activist Chicago priest Father Michael Pfleger faces an allegation that he sexually abused a minor over 40 years... Read more

St. Mary of Perpetual Help-All Saints-St. Anthony Parish.

Chicago parish, Mary statue tagged with graffiti

Nov 9, 2020

A historic Chicago parish was tagged with graffiti over the weekend, and a statue of the Virgin Mary on the... Read more

Bishop-elect Robert J. Lombardo, CFR. Courtesy photo

Franciscan Friars of the Renewal co-founder among Chicago’s new auxiliary bishops

Sep 11, 2020

By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Francis Friday appointed three auxiliary bishops to the Archdiocese of Chicago, including one of the founders of the religious... Read more

Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago.

Chicago Tribune op-ed: Public schools can learn from Catholics in handling sex abuse

Jul 2, 2019

After an investigative series by the Chicago Tribune uncovered numerous cases of sexual abuse and cover-up in the city’s public... Read more

‘Broken Mary’ procession in Chicago.

From a dumpster to the head of a procession: The story of 'Broken Mary'

Jun 7, 2019

By Mary Farrow

On Friday, May 31, four lanes of traffic on a major thoroughfare in the city of Chicago shut down for... Read more

Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago.

Cupich denounces pastor's decision to host Nation of Islam leader

May 11, 2019

Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago is distancing himself from the decision of a pastor who invited controversial preacher Louis Farrakhan... Read more