Every year, Chicago Catholic honors archdiocesan priests celebrating jubilees, men who have dedicated themselves to serving the Lord through the Catholic Church. They often wear many hats, such as pastor, administrator, maintenance man, cook, accountant, friend. They have served mostly as parish priests, and some have also served as teachers, chaplains and counselors. Chicago Catholic congratulates and thanks them.
When the federal government shutdown last fall delayed SNAP benefits and left many government employees without paychecks, Marist junior Maddy Imala took notice.
The final reports of Study Groups No. 7 and 9 reaffirm that discernment lies at the heart of selecting a bishop, while adopting specific theological criteria to discern how to address the most difficult questions facing the church, according to Cardinal Mario Grech, secretary general of the General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops.
Each Holy Week and Easter, parishes throughout the Archdiocese of Chicago mark this most sacred time by taking part in various liturgies and devotions. Here are a few from 2026. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
As violence and war plague countries across the world, and news headlines report increasing tensions and rising death tolls every day, Pope Leo XIV’s incessant appeals for peace rang out during the liturgies and celebrations that marked Holy Week and the Easter Triduum, as he emphasized Christ’s Resurrection and triumph over death.
In a statement, Archbishop Thomas Wenski decried the U.S. government’s decision to cut aid to Catholic Charities in the Archdiocese of Miami and end the more than 60-year relationship with the charity.
Students at Nazareth Academy in La Grange spent the six weeks of Lent learning about and praying for immigrants from six countries. The project was a way for the school to respond to what has been happening in the United States and especially in the Chicago area with increased immigration enforcement that has caused fear and loss among many communities, school leaders said.
Pope Leo XIV warns against the “masters of war” who pretend not to acknowledge that “it only takes a moment to destroy, yet often a lifetime is not enough to rebuild” and who spend billions on weapons but dedicate nothing to helping people heal.
As people return to speaking about a “just war,” it is worth recalling the teaching on peace of the popes who have succeeded one another on the Chair of Peter over the past hundred years. This teaching has gradually been enriched and deepened, to the point of recognizing how increasingly difficult it is to claim that a “just war” exists.
Pope Leo XIV met with authorities, civil society and diplomatic corps in Algiers on the first day of his three-day apostolic journey to Algeria.
During the short flight to Algeria April 13, Pope Leo XIV addressed journalists — as is tradition on papal flights — answering questions about the statements U.S. President Donald Trump made against him on the Truth Social network.
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