2+ hour, 25+ min ago  (116+ words) Worshippers fill the St. Rita of Cascia Shrine Chapel, 7740 S. Western Ave. , for the 119th novena and feast day Mass for St. Rita of Cascia. Known as the patron saint of impossible causes, St. Rita was a wife, widow, mother and Augustinian…...

14+ hour, 41+ min ago  (556+ words) The pope said on Corpus Christi we remember in a special way how the Lord willingly offered us his life "so that we might enter into communion with the Father and become his children" and how he "is here as…...

6+ day, 20+ min ago  (955+ words) Catholic theologians and experts welcomed Pope Leo XIV's first encyclical, "Magnifica Humanitas: On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence," for its defense of the "grandeur" of humanity and its insistence that technology be put at the…...

6+ day, 35+ min ago  (737+ words) At the presentation of his first social encyclical, "Magnifica Humanitas," Pope Leo XIV appealed for artificial intelligence to be placed firmly at the service of humanity, warning against technologies that foster domination, exclusion and war. Addressing participants gathered in the…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago  (807+ words) People detained in the U. S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview began receiving daily pastoral care visits on May 15. The visits were organized under an agreement between the Coalition for Spiritual and Public Leadership and federal…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (563+ words) This document provides us with a new lens to read the entire social doctrine of the Church." In an interview with Vatican News, Cardinal Cupich reflected on Pope Leo XIV's first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas: On Safeguarding the Human Person in…...

2+ week, 19+ hour ago  (16+ words) Chicago Catholic Mothers receive special blessing during holiday Mass...

2+ week, 15+ hour ago  (139+ words) Cardinal Cupich was the main celebrant as 13 permanent deacons were ordained for Archdiocese of Chicago on May 16, 2026, at Holy Name Cathedral. The newly ordained deacons will assist the bishop and his priests in ministries of the Word, Liturgy and Charity....

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (83+ words) The Midwest Augustinians celebrate a Mass on May 8, 2026, at St. Jude Church in New Lenox, Illinois, for the first anniversary of the election of their fellow Augustinian, Cardinal Robert Prevost, as Pope Leo XIV. Prevost, the first American elected pope, was…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (578+ words) Pope Leo XIV met May 22 with participants in the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, entitled "Preserving Human Faces and Voices." Promoted by the Dicastery for Communication (parent organization of Vatican Media) and the Dicastery for Culture and Education, the one-day…...