In a YouTube interview, former President Obama said Pope Leo’s ministry “wasn’t just preaching from the pulpit but getting his hands dirty, trying to help people. So I’m looking forward to talking to him.”
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Illinois pitching for funds to shore up abortion tourism denounced as ‘macabre’
“Most states, many places, entice people to come to their states for: various cultural activities, the weather, many other things. And here we are, trying to provide abortion-related services, so people can end the life of their unborn child. It’s so macabre.”
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New NY archbishop ‘committed’ to immigration issues, accountability on abuse—and staying a Cubs fan
(OSV News) — The newly named leader of the Archdiocese of New York, Archbishop Ronald A. Hicks, introduced himself to the faithful of his new home Dec. 18 with a pledge to become familiar with its challenges and uphold human dignity. He also highlighted his Chicago-area background, which is similar to Pope Leo XIV’s. In […]
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NY archdiocese to negotiate settlements in abuse claims, to fund them
Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan announced Dec. 8 that the Archdiocese of New York would be entering into mediation and taking steps to raise more than $300 million for sexual abuse settlements.
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Pope Leo would ‘love to’ throw a White Sox season opening pitch, team’s co-owner says
The next owner of the Chicago White Sox baseball team said Pope Leo XIV told him that he’d “love to“ throw a season opening first pitch in the future—“schedule permitting.”
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Chicago Catholic coalition sues ICE over denial of holy Communion, pastoral care
A group of clergy and religious, and a Catholic social justice organization filed a lawsuit Nov. 19 against the Trump administration over being barred from bringing holy Communion and pastoral care to detainees at an immigration processing center just west of Chicago.
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ICE bars Chicago bishop from giving detained Catholics Communion on All Saints
A delegation of clergy, religious sisters and laity, together with a Chicago auxiliary bishop, were barred for the second time in three weeks from bringing the Eucharist to those being held at an immigration detention center just west of Chicago on the feast of All Saints.
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A priest is walking from Pope Leo’s childhood home to Ellis Island to highlight plight of migrants
A Chicago-area priest is on a mission to highlight the plight of families upended by the current mass deportation efforts in the United States by making a 50-day pilgrimage—on foot—from Chicago to New York.
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Pope Leo’s brother and friends will mark his 70th birthday with prayer—and pizza
Pope Leo XIV turns 70 on Sept. 14 and some of his closest friends in the Chicago-area will mark the day with him in mind, quietly.
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Pope Leo sends a video message of hope to celebration at White Sox stadium
The June 14 celebration featured the first-ever airing of Pope Leo XIV’s video message to the world’s youth at the White Sox stadium in Chicago’s Southside.