Archdiocese of Chicago Archives

Lawyer: Chicago archdiocese has paid out $80M to law firm

Associated Press, Church in the US
Sep 17, 2019

The Archdiocese of Chicago has paid $80 million to victims of sexual abuse by clergy represented by a single law firm alone since 2000, the Minnesota-based attorney who heads the firm told reporters.

Prominent Chicago priest accused in 1974 child sex assault

Associated Press, Church in the US
Aug 9, 2019

The Archdiocese of Chicago says the first Catholic priest to adopt a child is under investigation for allegedly sexual abusing a minor in 1974.

Catholic Extension announces aid for families of deported breadwinners

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Aug 9, 2019

Catholic Extension will be helping families left without their main financial supporter in Mississippi, where families lost their breadwinner after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement carried out massive raids Aug. 7.

Cupich: ‘Never forget’ policies that led to Holocaust began with words

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Jul 29, 2019

Adolf Hitler’s rise to power and the policies that led to the Holocaust all began with words, including words that targeted “the other,” Cardinal Blase J. Cupich of Chicago wrote in a July 24 commentary in the ‘Chicago Catholic’, the archdiocesan newspaper.

Churches jump into action with threat of immigration sweeps

Associated Press, Church in the US
Jul 15, 2019

As a nationwide immigration crackdown loomed, religious leaders across the country used their pulpits Sunday to quell concerns in immigrant communities and spring into action to help those potentially threatened by the operation.

Chicago woman’s healing is miracle in Cardinal Newman’s sainthood cause

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Jul 3, 2019

A few prayers to Blessed John Henry Newman became a “constant dialogue” and then a desperate response to an emergency for Melissa Villalobos of Chicago. Her healing, which saved her life and the life of her unborn child, was accepted as the miracle needed for the 19th-century British cardinal’s canonization.