Lost Chicago landmark: the old Old St. Mary's church

May. 2, 2013
It survived the Great Fire, but it couldn't survive a certain kind of progress.

List: Reasons why I'd make a pretty good pope

Feb. 11, 2013
I’d bring new fresh ideas to the Church like putting all the nuns in charge and re-instating the fun-to-say “It is right to give Him thanks and praise” and maybe swapping out the “Peace be with you” handshake for a mo

Pope Benedict XVI to resign Feb. 28

Feb. 11, 2013
Pope Benedict XVI announced Monday that he would resign at the end of the month because he was too infirm to carry on — the first pontiff to do so in nearly 600 years. The decision sets the stage to elect a new pope before the end of March.

Polish church makes space for immigrants in Cicero

Jan. 16, 2013
St. Mary of Czestochowa Parish has seen its parish change dramatically – and says it's stronger for it.

Cardinal George urges gay marriage opposition in Illinois

Jan. 2, 2013
Chicago's Cardinal Francis George is urging parishioners to let state lawmakers know they oppose gay marriage.

Chicago's Cardinal George cancer free

Dec. 12, 2012
Cardinal Francis George says he appears to be cancer free after he started chemotherapy in September for cancer cells on his liver and kidney.The head of Chicago's Catholic archdiocese tells the Chicago Tribune doctors were encouraged because "they couldn't find any evidence of cancer w

Lost Landmark: St. Basil's Catholic Church

Jul. 9, 2012
St. Basil’s was built in the Byzantine style, along the lines of the famous Hagia Sophia in Constantinople. Granite columns rose from steps on the portico and the interior contained frescoes and mosaics in bright colors. 

Man alleges abuse by Chicago-area priest

Apr. 25, 2012
A former altar boy at a church in Chicago's southern suburbs claims in a lawsuit that he was molested by a Catholic priest in the 1980s.The suit, filed Tuesday, accuses the now-deceased priest, the Rev. John Curran, of luring young boys to his room in the rectory of St.

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