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Cardinal, other faith leaders call for repeal of water fee
Cardinal Francis George has long preached about the dangers of secularization and the American government's failure to recognize religious...
Men allege abuse, sue religious order in Cook court
Unable to get restitution in federal bankruptcy court, 31 Chicago-area men have filed a lawsuit in Cook County Circuit Court, accusing the...
Chicago offers compromise on water bill exemptions for nonprofits
Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chicago aldermen have proposed a compromise to religious leaders who say that paying their water bill after decades...
Orthodox bishop resigns amid sexual misconduct scandal
Unable to overcome the disgrace of a sexual misconduct accusation, Bishop Matthias, head of the local diocese for the Orthodox Church of...
French Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran sees great value in interreligious dialogue
French Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran has given many lectures, speeches and homilies during his years of Vatican diplomatic service. But most of...
A priest's faith in church resurrected
One day last September, the Rev. Frank Latzko, pastor of St. Teresa of Avila Roman Catholic Church in Chicago, decided to take a walk and...
Stations of the 'L': Catholic Chicagoan crisscrosses city on trains and reflects on Christ's journey to the cross
There's nothing extraordinary about Aidan Gillespie's daily commute on the No. 50 bus down Damen Avenue. Perhaps that's why the Roman...
Chicagoans studying at Rome seminary inspired to bring history home
— Chris Kerzich of Bedford Park had moved to Washington to enter politics when former Pope Benedict XVI came to the nation's capital...
Files reveal depth of abuses at Joliet Diocese
The Joliet Diocese readily admitted that David Rudofski was sexually abused during his first confession at St. Mary Catholic Church in...
George: New pope 'will be changed by the office'
— Pope Francis continued on Tuesday to remind his flock of the duty to protect all of creation and embrace the poor.
The world comes together during wait for new pope
Eight years ago, I dashed down a narrow winding street along with the rest of Rome to meet the next pope.
Some fellow cardinals well-known to George
— Many of the 115 cardinal electors to be sequestered inside the Sistine Chapel on Tuesday didn't know each other when they headed for...
Chicago cardinal asks 'for your prayers' before conclave to select pope
Across the Eternal City on Sunday, cardinals celebrated Mass at their titular parishes — a reminder that they are here not because...
George brings a missionary's viewpoint to the conclave
The 115 Roman Catholic cardinals who are about to elect the next pope took different roads to Rome.
As papal conclave draws near, American cardinals grow silent
A day after Chicago's Cardinal Francis George extolled the virtues of communication during the pre-conclave process, the American...
George: Any ties to sexual abuse could disqualify papal candidate
ROME — Days before Pope Benedict XVI resigned and Roman Catholic cardinals descended on Rome to select his successor,...
Francis George: Cardinals need more time to narrow list to pick new pope
Roman Catholic cardinals will set a date for the conclave to select a new pope once they feel confident they can narrow the field of...
George bids farewell to pope
— Cardinal Francis George hopes to become the first Roman Catholic archbishop of Chicago to live to retire. But he didn't expect the...
Cardinal George weighs issues facing the church as papal election looms
— Chicago's Cardinal Francis George celebrated Mass here with other American cardinals Sunday in honor of more than 60 seminarians...
Archdiocese cuts official: 5 schools, 60 employees at HQ, parish loans
Budget cuts announced Wednesday by the Archdiocese of Chicago signal that the area's Roman Catholics are entering a period of austerity when...
Cardinal George heads to Rome to elect new pope
As he prepared to rush to Rome ahead of a snowstorm at home, Chicago's Cardinal Francis George said Monday that the next pope should have...
Illinois Catholic couple taking on Obama over contraception mandate
An Oak Brook health care company and its Roman Catholic owners who don't want to include birth control in their employees' benefits still...
All bets are on: Bookmaker sets odds on pope contenders
Chicago's Cardinal Francis George praised the media last week for generating a short list of promising contenders for the chair of St....
Cardinal George doesn't rule out an American pope
Fifteen years to the day that he became a prince of the Roman Catholic Church, Chicago's Cardinal Francis George said he wouldn't rule out...
Archdiocese in transition
During the reign of Pope Benedict XVI, Roman Catholics in the Chicago area confronted many of the shifting tides that will face the man...
Cardinal George to play key role in picking next pope
As he nears his own retirement, Cardinal Francis George will head to Rome likely to play a powerful role in choosing Pope Benedict XVI's...
Illinois Catholic institutions' lawsuit against U.S. government dismissed
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by six Roman Catholic institutions in Illinois over the issue of birth control and the...
Religious groups mull Obama's latest birth-control compromise
Wheaton College and Roman Catholic dioceses across Illinois, which sued the Obama administration to avoid paying for birth control, might...
Mormon facility on tap for River North
A prized piece of River North real estate on the same corner that was supposed to accommodate a state-of-the-art synagogue and community...
Lawrence Wright on 'Going Clear'
Covering the church beat takes on an entirely new dimension when that church is the Church of Scientology. Since its founding in 1954 by...